Butler, Lady Eleanor et al. “Foreword and Editorial Materials”. The Hamwood Papers of the Ladies of Llangollen and Caroline Hamilton, edited by Eva Mary Bell, Macmillan, 1930, p. vii - viii; various pages.
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Sarah Ponsonby
Standard Name: Ponsonby, Sarah
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Textual Production | Lady Eleanor Butler | Sarah Ponsonby bequeathed the journals to Caroline Hamilton
, and Harriet Pigott
therefore supposed that they were written by Ponsonby
. |
| Textual Production | Lady Eleanor Butler | LEB
and Sarah Ponsonby
wrote some of their voluminous correspondence jointly. Writing was one of their major pleasures; they selected paper with loving care, and kept an equally careful tally of replies received and of... |
| Textual Production | Ann Lady Fanshawe | Lady Eleanor Butler
and Sarah Ponsonby
, the ladies of Llangollen, meticulously transcribed the whole of ALF
's Memoirs (dating from May 1676) as a present for a friend. Mavor, Elizabeth. The Ladies of Llangollen. Penguin, 1973. 62 |
| Textual Production | Mary Tighe | MT
wrote her final poem, On receiving a branch of mezereon. Which flowered at Woodstock. December 1809. Mezereon is a shrub grown both for flowers and ornamental berries. Woodstock was the childhood home of Sarah Ponsonby
. Tighe, Mary. Keats and Mary Tighe. Editor Weller, Earle Vonard, Kraus Reprint Corporation, 1966. 307-10 |
| Textual Production | Henrietta Maria Bowdler | HMB
's letters to Sarah Ponsonby
reveal the closeness of their friendship. She sent information, opinion, and verse, some of it probably written by herself. Among books she discussed were Ann Radcliffe
's The Mysteries... |
| Textual Production | Eva Mary Bell | EMB
, as Mrs. G. H. Bell (John Travers), edited The Hamwood Papers of the Ladies
of Llangollen
and Caroline Hamilton. OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999. |
| Textual Production | Anna Seward | The sonnets numbered a hundred; she had been long in the habit of reading them aloud, and friends like Lady Eleanor Butler
and Sarah Ponsonby
urged her pressingly to publish them. Ashmun, Margaret. The Singing Swan. Yale University Press; H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1931. 226 |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Eva Mary Bell | EMB
's foreword and her comment on her material is brief. She makes skilful use of letters and diaries, not only those of this famous pair but of their friends and supporters Mrs Lucy Goddard |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Stéphanie-Félicité de Genlis | Her Souvenirs de Felicie L*** originated several fictional elements in the legend of Lady Eleanor Butler
and Sarah Ponsonby
, the Ladies of Llangollen. Mavor, Elizabeth. The Ladies of Llangollen. Penguin, 1973. 198 Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true. British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo. |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Mary Matilda Betham | Here already MMB
evinces her interest in women's literary history: her topics include praise for writers including Ann Radcliffe
and the Ladies of Llangollen (Lady Eleanor Butler
and Sarah Ponsonby
). One of the... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Colette | Colette imagines the Ladies of Llangollen (Lady Eleanor Butler
and Sarah Ponsonby
, born during the eighteenth century) living among twentieth-century accoutrements like cars, cigarettes, and crossword puzzles. Mavor, Elizabeth. The Ladies of Llangollen. Penguin, 1973. 206 |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Judith Kazantzis | It includes poems reflecting her experience of winters spent at Key West, Florida, USA, and a tribute to the Ladies of Llangollen (Eleanor Butler
and Sarah Ponsonby
). |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | E. Owens Blackburne | EOB
's preface also singles out what she claims to be an original account of the true Blackburne, E. Owens. Illustrious Irishwomen. Tinsley Brothers, 1877, 2 vols. I: viii |
| Travel | Eva Mary Bell | EMB
must have visited Hamwood in County Meath, the Hamilton family historic home, where her sister Violet lived, where her collateral ancestors included a close friend of Sarah Ponsonby
, the younger of the... |
| Travel | Harriet Lee | HL
and Anna, her youngest sister, spent several weeks travelling in Wales: one of their ports of call was Llangollen. Editor April Alliston
is not certain whether or not they visited Lady Eleanor Butler |
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