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Owenson, Sydney (Lady Morgan) (1783 - 1859)

Short name Owenson, Sydney (Lady Morgan)
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First name Sydney
Birth name Owenson
Married name
Alternative name Glorvina — Lady Morgan
Date of birth 1783
Date of death 1859
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Sex Female
Place of birth Dublin
Place of death London
Lived in Ireland
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Religion / ideology
Education Educated at home, School education
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Owenson, Sydney (Lady Morgan) was ...
related to Helen Maria Williams
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Place(s) of Residence Ireland
Author of
receptions circulations
St Clair; or, the Heiress of Desmond (1803) 3 0
The Wild Irish Girl (1806) 1 0
The Novice of Saint Dominick (1806) 0 0
Woman, or Ida of Athens (1809) 3 1
The Missionary: An Indian Tale (1811) 0 0
O'Donnel: a national tale (1814) 3 0
*Mevrouw de Genlis, door Lady Morgan (1815~)
is also a reception
0 0
*Lafayette op zijn landgoed Lagrande Blessnau (1816) 1 0
France (1817) 5 0
*De afgedankte krijgsman (1818) 1 0
Florence Macarthy, an Irish tale (1819) 5 0
Italy (1821) 4 0
Italy (1821)
is also a reception
0 0
Italy (1821)
is also a reception
0 0
Italy (1821) 0 0
Italy (1821)
is also a reception
0 0
*La France en 1829 et 1830 (1830) 2 1
The Princess, or The Beguine (1835) 3 1
The book of the boudoir (1850~)
is also a reception
0 1
Passages from my autobiography (1859) 0 1
Luxima, the prophetess : a tale of India (1859) 4 1
Dramatic Scenes from Real Life 0 1

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Circulations of Owenson, Sydney (Lady Morgan), the person (for circulations of her works, see under each individual Work)
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Receptions of Owenson, Sydney (Lady Morgan), the person

For receptions of her works, see under each individual Work.

Title Author Date Type
*Translation Francisca de Larrea 1810 -
*Mention in Vestnik Evropy [European Herald] Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1816 -
René Théodore Berthon, portrait of Lady Morgan, circa 1818, National Gallery of Ireland 1818 is portrait of
On the Female Literature of the Present Age [unidentified author, multiple, separate records to be made] 1820 comments on person
De l'Influence des femmes Mongellaz, Fanny 1828 is biography of
*Art. in Boekzaal der geleerde Wereld Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1831 comments on person
*Art. in Vaderlandse Letteroefeningen Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1833 -
*Mention in art. in de Recensent Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1836 -
*Art. in Vaderlandse Letteroefeningen Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1837 -
*Art. in Vaderlandse Letteroefeningen Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1839 -
*List of English women authors mentioned in Promenades dans Londres Tristan, Flora 1840 -
Lady Morgan Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1863 is biography of

- Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992: "She led a colourful life, hosting an influential salon in Dublin and travelling widely in Europe".
- Spender, Mothers.
- Ivonne Defant, Women journalists as cultural mediators: Frances Power Cobbe and Jessie White Mario in Italy. (use of French language)

Some of her works were prohibited in Austria; probably for political and religious reasons (Bachleitner 2000).