Opie, Amelia (1769 - 1853)
| Short name | Opie, Amelia |
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| VIAF | http://viaf.org/viaf/39410771 |
| First name | Amelia |
| Birth name | Alderson |
| Married name | |
| Alternative name | Amelia Alderson |
| Date of birth | 1769 |
| Date of death | 1853 |
| Flourishing | - |
| Sex | Female |
| Place of birth | Norwich |
| Place of death | Norwich |
| Lived in | England |
| Place of residence notes |
| Mother | |
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| Father | |
| Children | |
| Religion / ideology | |
| Education | |
| Aristocratic title | - |
| Professional or ecclesiastical title | - |
| Opie, John | 1798-None |
| related to | Brightwell, Cecilia Lucy |
| related to | Barbauld, Anna Laetitia |
| related to | Wollstonecraft, Mary |
| related to | Staël, Germaine de |
| Profession(s) | |
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| Memberships | Blue Stockings Society |
| Place(s) of Residence | England |
Author of
| receptions | circulations | |
|---|---|---|
| The Dangers of Coquetry (1790) | 1 | 0 |
|
*Note in The Father and Daughter
(1801)
is also a reception: is intertextual to Nature and art |
0 | 0 |
|
The father and daughter
(1801)
is also a reception: is intertextual to King Lear |
38 | 0 |
| An Elegy to the Memory of the Duke of Bedford: Written on the Evening of His Interment (1802) | 1 | 0 |
| Poems (1803) | 1 | 0 |
|
Adeline Mowbray (rec. of Wollstonecraft)
(1804)
is also a reception: is bio-bibliography listing A Vindication of the Rights of Woman |
0 | 0 |
| Adeline Mowbray (1804) | 1 | 0 |
| Love and Duty (1806) | 1 | 0 |
| Simple Tales (1806) | 1 | 0 |
| Madeleine (1810) | 1 | 0 |
| Temper (1812) | 0 | 0 |
| Tales of Real Life (1813) | 3 | 1 |
| Valentine's Eve (1816) | 0 | 0 |
| New tales (1818) | 3 | 0 |
| White lies (in: New Tales) (1818) | 1 | 0 |
| Lays for the Dead (1833) | 1 | 0 |
| Easy Poetry for Children. A Selection from the Best Authors (1887) | 1 | 0 |
Editor of
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-Circulations of Opie, Amelia, the person (for circulations of her works, see under each individual Work)
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Receptions of Opie, Amelia, the person
For receptions of her works, see under each individual Work.
MENTIONED IN:
- Spender, Mothers of the Novel
- Cambr. Nat. Biogr.
- Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992: "Opie's fame was not enduring and as the 19th century progressed she was read less and less".
- Peter Garside and Rainer Schöwering (eds.), The English Novel 1770-1829. A bibliographical survey of prose fiction published in the British Isles. Oxford U.P., 2000, vol. II (1800-1829).
- Zofia Sinko "Powieść angielska XVIII wieku a powieść polska lat 1764-1830", PIW: Warsaw, 1961
Married to John Opie in 1798.
Religion/ideology : Dissenting (Presbyterian).
Philanthropist.
Writer of conduct literature.
Feminist.
Merged with record created by MaOz 5thTrainingSchoolFeb13.
Did not have children, though once indicated to friend Susannah Taylor that she thought she might be pregnant (she either was mistaken or miscarried). (FScottJuly12.)
Mother had (according to biographer Cecilia Lucy Brightwell) a "delicate constitution" and was an "invalid" and died when Opie was fifteen. This may be related to Opie's preoccupation with female health. (FMSJuly2014)
A prolific author, according to Garside/Schöwering (p. 64: 11 novels in 1800-1829). svd. oct. 2007.
Collaboration/connections with male authors:
- Philosopher and writer William Godwin (friend)
- Walter Scott
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan