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Hearts of Controversy

Alice Meynell

FormatEbook
Published1998
Words20,485
LanguageEnglish
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Hearts of Controversy is a collection of literary essays by Alice Meynell examining English writers such as Tennyson, Swinburne, and Dickens. It suits readers interested in Victorian literature and literary criticism.
Alice Meynell

Alice Meynell

Alice Christiana Gertrude Meynell was a British writer, editor, critic, and suffragist, now remembered mainly as a poet. She was considered for the position of Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom twice, first in 1892 on the death of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and later in 1913 on the death of Alfred Austin, but was never appointed to the position.

Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Portrait: via Wikipedia (see source).

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