Maria Edgeworth
(1768 - 1849)
English novelist, short story writer, essayist, and playwright.
Maria Edgeworth: Introduction
Maria Edgeworth: Principal Works
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The British author Maria Edgeworth (1767-1849) wrote novels that are characterized by clear, vivid style, good humor, and lively dialogue.Maria Edgeworth was born on Jan. 1, 1767, the second of the 21...
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Maria Edgeworth was the best-known novelist in Britain from 1800 until the publication of Walter Scott's Waverley in 1814. She was also one of the most important writers of fiction for children in th...
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On a literary tour in 1813, Maria Edgeworth was recognized by literary celebrities in London and Paris as one of the most important authors in the English-speaking world. Her only rival in popularity ...
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Maria Edgeworth was one of the most popular writers of the early nineteenth century. Although her fame during her lifetime was based on her adult novels, especially those set in Ireland, Edgeworth als...
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In the following essay, Baker considers Edgeworth as an important transitional novelist whose works link eighteenth-century literary conventions with those of the next century.
Thanks to a happy ch...
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In the following essay, Myers examines relationships between women in Edgeworth's Rosamond stories.
"The proper education of a female, whether for use or for happiness, is still to s...
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In the following essay, Ragussis examines Harrington in the course of an inquiry into the origin and role of Jewish stereotypes in English literature.
In 1817 Maria Edgeworth published Harrington a...
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In the following discussion of Belinda, MacFadyen examines Edgeworth's depiction of the disruptive potential of adherence to fashion to a well-regulated domestic life.
In recent years litera...
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In the following essay, Michals examines "Edgeworth's idea of the relation between personality and property. "
In her time and in our own, Maria Edgeworth's reputation i...
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In the following overview of Edgeworth's career, West discusses Richard Edgeworth's influence on his daughter's literary work.
On May 22nd, 1849, Maria Edgeworth died at the ag...
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In the following essay, Hawthorne distinguishes between the didacticism imposed on Edgeworth's fiction by her father and the plot and character development that reflect her own authorial tenden...
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In the following essay, Harden assesses Edgeworth's strengths and weaknesses as a creative writer.
Throughout her long literary career, Miss Edgeworth never allowed herself to forget that th...
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In the following essay, Butler discusses Edgeworth as an innovator in the development of the novel of everyday life for a middle-class readership.
Whereas Jane Austen was so much the better novelis...
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Today is Monday, June 25, the 176th day of 2007. There are 189 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On June 25, 1950, war broke out in Korea as forces from the communist North invaded...
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Critical Essay by Ernest Baker
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