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Biography

Name: Katherine Philips
Variant Name: Katherine Fowler
Birth Date: January 1, c. 1632
Death Date: June 22, 1664
Nationality: British, English
Gender: Female

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Biography of Katherine Philips
7,054 words, approx. 24 pages
Best known today for her poems on female friendship, Katherine Philips wrote some 125 poems on a variety of subjects; she translated plays by Pierre Corneille and five shorter Italian and French pieces; and she wrote a series of letters to Sir Charles...


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Katherine Philips Information
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Born in London, she was daughter of John Fowler, a Presbyterian, and a merchant of Bucklersbury, London. Philips is said to have read the Bible through before she was five years old. Additionally, she acquired remarkable fluency in several languages....


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Harriette Andreadis
11,522 words, approx. 38 pages
In the following essay, Andreadis traces Philips's conscious use of male Platonic friendships as a model for her homoerotic poetry about friendships between women.
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Critical Essay by Maureen E. Mulvihill
9,434 words, approx. 31 pages
In the following excerpt, Mulvihill traces the development of Philips's career in the context of the "Orinda" myth and the "old boys' network" that contributed to her popular success.
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Critical Essay by Kathleen M. Swaim
9,211 words, approx. 31 pages
In the following essay, Swaim compares Philip's poetry with verse by John Milton and John Donne to analyze her unique contribution to English literature.
 


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