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under Laurence Houseman
Laurence Housman
Standard Name: Housman, Laurence
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | A. E. Housman | AEH
's brother Laurence Housman
(1865-1959) became a writer and the editor of his elder brother's posthumous publications. Carter, John et al. A.E. Housman: A Bibliography. St Paul’s Bibliographies, 1982. 22 |
| Friends, Associates | Ethel Mannin | EM
entertained frequently at Oak Cottage, the house she bought after separating from her first husband. Visitors included Paul Tanqueray
, Louis Marlow
, Ralph Straus
, Norman Haire
, Fenner Brockway
, and... |
| Friends, Associates | E. Nesbit | Later friends included Laurence Housman
, Marshall Steele
, and the popular novelist Berta Ruck
(whom Nesbit first met as a friend of her daughter Iris at the Slade School). Nesbit could be difficult as... |
| Friends, Associates | Evelyn Sharp | ES
wrote later that at no time in her life did she make intimate friends easily. Most people she had to do with she liked up to a certain point only, but she could count... |
| Friends, Associates | Katharine Bruce Glasier | Many of her friends are named in the pages of The Glen Book: Glen's godmother Elizabeth Glendower Evans
, Glasier's secretary-daughterRose Simpson
, Glasier, Katharine Bruce. The Glen Book. London. 16 |
| Intertextuality and Influence | E. Nesbit | EN
's The Phoenix and the Carpet (a response to Laurence Housman
's suggestion of structuring a magic tale around these two incongruous objects) was serialized in the Strand Magazine. Briggs, Julia. A Woman of Passion: The Life of E. Nesbit, 1858-1924. Hutchinson, 1987. 225, 150 |
| Literary responses | Olive Schreiner | The book elicited strong reactions, most of them positive. It was highly praised by Philip Kent
, who wrote a long article about it instead of his usual shorter reviews in Life, a weekly... |
| Occupation | Edith Craig | The Players performed dramas about generational gaps, marriage, career, prostitution, and representations of women. These included Laurence Housman
's Pains and Penalties, A Defence of |
| Occupation | Kathleen E. Innes | Among those drafted to form the Mandate's Honorary Council in Britain were prominent politicians, clergy, feminists, and writers such as Margaret Ashton
, Margaret Bondfield
, Vera Brittain
, Arthur Henderson
, Laurence Housman
,... |
| politics | E. Nesbit | EN
was, and remained later in her life, opposed to women's suffrage. Laurence Housman
thought that this stance was influenced by her husband: this was probably true, though the situation was also more complicated. Her... |
| politics | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence | Fifty years later in her autobiography, EPL
explains how, although Katherine Price Hughes
never explicitly lectured on female equality, the expectations Katherine had for the women in the club introduced Emmeline to the influence and... |
| Textual Production | A. E. Housman | Laurence Housman
's selection of his brother's hitherto unpublished work, More Poems, appeared after AEH
's death. Housman, A. E. “Editorial Materials”. The Letters of A. E. Housman, edited by Henry Maas, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1971, p. various pages. 393 Carter, John et al. A.E. Housman: A Bibliography. St Paul’s Bibliographies, 1982. 22 |
Timeline
February 1909: The Suffrage Atelier was established; like...
National or international item
February 1909
The Suffrage Atelier
was established; like members of the Artists' Suffrage League
, SA members produced posters and banners to advertise suffrage activities.
Tickner, Lisa. The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907-1914. University of Chicago Press, 1988.
20
Tickner, Lisa. The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907-1914. University of Chicago Press, 1988.
20-1, 25
23 July 1910: A march in London was held in support of...
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23 July 1910
A march in London was held in support of the Conciliation Bill; originally proposed by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
, it was eventually taken over by the Women's Social and Political Union
.
Tickner, Lisa. The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907-1914. University of Chicago Press, 1988.
115-9
25 May 1912: The Irish Citizen, a suffrage newspaper jointly...
Building item
25 May 1912
The Irish Citizen, a suffrage newspaper jointly edited by Francis Sheehy Skeffington
and James Cousins
, began weekly publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
33
Owens, Rosemary Cullen. Smashing Times: A History of the Irish Women’s Suffrage Movement 1889-1922. Attic, 1984.
46
July 1920: The Irish Citizen ended publication after...
Building item
July 1920
The Irish Citizen ended publication after a British soldier wrecked the press.
Owens, Rosemary Cullen. Smashing Times: A History of the Irish Women’s Suffrage Movement 1889-1922. Attic, 1984.
129
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
33
June 1925: The Independent Labour Party founded an Arts...
Writing climate item
June 1925
The Independent Labour Party
founded an Arts Guild
to promote socialist drama and performance.
Merkin, Ros. “The religion of socialism or a pleasant Sunday afternoon?: The ILP Arts Guild”. British Theatre between the Wars, 1918-1939, edited by Clive Barker and Maggie B. Gale, Cambridge University Press, 2000, pp. 162-89.
162, 165, 168, 174-5, 181
After February 1932: An appeal of Count Potocki of Montalk's case...
Writing climate item
After February 1932
An appeal of Count Potocki of Montalk
's case was heard; and although he was not cleared, an advance in obscene libel cases was made.
Craig, Alec. The Banned Books of England and Other Countries. George Allen and Unwin, 1962.
89-90
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