Rigg, Patricia
A. Mary F. Robinson: Victorian Poet and Modern Woman of Letters
- ISBN 13:
- 9780228008842
- author:
- Rigg, Patricia
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2021
- Pages:
- 456
- Dimensions:
- 22.9 x 15.2 centimetres (0.67 kg
- Genre:
- Biography, Literary, ,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Agnes Mary Frances Robinson was a woman of remarkable talent and versatility, whose contributions to literature and culture spanned two centuries. This biography brings together Robinson's life and work, revealing the extraordinary woman behind the popular writer and critically acclaimed poet. Born in England in 1857, Robinson was a prolific writer and thinker, whose work was widely admired in both English and French. She was a respected biographer, history writer, and travel writer, and her reviews and articles were published in the Times Literary Supplement for nearly forty years. Her salons in London and Paris were attended by major literary and artistic figures, and she counted among her friends some of the most prominent writers and thinkers of her time. Through a decade of research in international archives and family papers, this biography sheds new light on Robinson's life and work, revealing the complexities and nuances of her remarkable story.
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