| Short name |
Opie, Amelia |
| 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 |
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| Related to |
Cecilia Lucy Brightwell
,
Barbauld, Anna Laetitia
,
Staël, Germaine de
,
Wollstonecraft, Mary
|
| Bibliography |
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 |
| Provisional Notes |
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 |
