Sir Henry Taylor

LK was not the only poet in the family: Henry Taylor was her uncle by marriage, and Aubrey de Vere was her father's first cousin.

Sir Henry Taylor , UT 's paternal grandfather, was a poet and playwright whose verses were admired by Wordsworth and whose plays (Victorian melodrama) were performed by the famous actor William Charles Macready . Taylor's...

Following her early conquest of Tennyson , AM went on to develop a large circle of literary acquaintances. Callers on the Meynells at Palace Court included Irish writer Katharine Tynan , Aubrey Beardsley (while he...

Despite her ill health, the couple entertained regularly. Their guests included John Stuart Mill , Henry Taylor , and Leigh Hunt . JWC became especially fond of Hunt and Mill. While in London she...

While in London, TC socialized with John Stuart Mill , Mary and Charles Lamb , Henry Taylor , Sarah Austin and Leigh Hunt .

Among women writers, in addition to Dorothy Wordsworth , Joanna Baillie , and Maria Jane Jewsbury , SC also knew Elizabeth Barrett Browning , Anna Jameson , Elizabeth Rigby , Elizabeth Gaskell , and Harriet Martineau

Lucie enjoyed her stays in Boulogne, where she spent time with the fishermen. During her first visit there she met and became a friend of the German poet Heinrich Heine . While...

Her friends and acquaintances included (besides Caroline Norton , a particularly close friend) politicians Lord Lansdowne and Lord Monteagle ; writers William Thackeray , Charles Dickens , Emily Eden , Elliot Warburton , Alfred Tennyson

Joanna Baillie (a well qualified judge) thought few people have so many friends as EF , and that they all warmly esteemed as well as loving her. At first meeting, Fletcher did not...

For the most part, the reviews were very complimentary. They felt that these plays, though not inspiring or highly original, showed considerable constructive skill, combined with a rare degree of literary culture and taste. They...

The play was a critical but notThe Athenæum's review criticized AW for borrowing too heavily for her style from Sir Henry Taylor and Robert Browning :The result of this over-fidelity to her model...