Mary Anne Browne (24 September 1812 - 28 January 1845) was an English poet.[1]
Mary Anne Browne (1812-1845), Mont Blanc, and other poems (1827). Forgotten Books, 2018. Courtesy Amazon.com.
Life[]
Youth[]
Browne was born at Bray, in Berkshire.[1] Though some sources mention Felicia Hemans was her sister, that is not the case.[2][3]
She began publishing poetry in 1826 in the Berkshire Chronicle, whose editor encouraged her writing.[1] She published her debut collection the following year, at 15.[4]
Marriage and death[]
In 1842 she married James Gray, a nephew of biographer Thomas Hogg.[4] Her last collection was issued as "Mrs. James Gray".[1]
She died at her home in Cork of "heart spasms", aged 32.[1]
Publications[]
- Mont Blanc, and other poems. London: Hatchard, 1827.
- Ada, and other poems. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1828.
- Repentance, and other poems. London: Longman / Hatchard / Saunders & Benning, 1829.
- The Coronal: Original poems, sacred and miscellaneous. London: Hamilton, Adams / Liverpool, UK: D. Marples, 1833.
- The Birth-day Gift. London: Hamilton, Adams, 1834.
- Ignatia and other poems. London: Hamilton, Adams, 1838.
- Sacred Poetry. London: Hamilton, Adams, 1840.
- Sketches from the Antique, and other poems (as "Mrs. James Gray"). Dublin: William Curry, Jun. / London: Longman, 1844.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[5]
See also[]
References[]
- Ashfield, Andrew (1998). Romantic women poets, 1788–1848. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-5292-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=cAtaAAAAMAAJ.
- Feldman, Paula R. (2000). British Women Poets of the Romantic Era: An Anthology. JHU Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-6640-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=Cg6Jn410aCIC&pg=PA154.
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Mary Ann Browne, Orlando Project, Cambridge University Press. Web, May 4, 2016.
- ↑ Feldman 2000, p. 154.
- ↑ Blain, Virginia (January 1995). ""Thou with Earth's Music Answerest to the Sky": Felicia Hemans, Mary Ann Browne, and the myth of poetic sisterhood". Women's Writing 2 (3): 251–269.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Mary Anne Browne (1812-1844), English Poetry, 1579-1830, Center for Applied Technologies in the Humanities, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. Web, May 4, 2016.
- ↑ Search results = au:Mary Ann Browne, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, May 4, 2016.
External links[]
- Poems
- "Mont Blanc"
- "Ocean"
- Mary Ann Browne at PoemHunter (66 poems)
- Books
- Mont Blanc, and other poems at Amazon.com
- About
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