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Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802 - 1838)

Short name Letitia Elizabeth Landon
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First name Letitia Elizabeth
Birth name Landon
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Alternative name L. E. L.
Date of birth 1802
Date of death 1838
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Sex Female
Place of birth England
Place of death Africa
Lived in England
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Religion / ideology Protestant
Education Educated at home, School education
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Letitia Elizabeth Landon was ...
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Place(s) of Residence England
Author of
receptions circulations
The Improvisatrice and other selected poems (1824) 1 0
The golden violet, with its tales of romance and chivalry, and other poems (1827) 1 0
Ethel Churchill or The two brides (1837) 4 0
Romance and reality 2 0
*De Talisman (The Mascot) 1 0

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Circulations of Letitia Elizabeth Landon, the person (for circulations of her works, see under each individual Work)
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Receptions of Letitia Elizabeth Landon, the person

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

Title Author Date Type
Specimens of British Poetesses Dyce, Alexander 1825 is biography of
De l'Influence des femmes Mongellaz, Fanny 1828 is biography of
*art. on British poets Drost, Aernout 1834 -
*Art. in Algemeene konst -en letterbode Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1839 comments on person
*Comment in private letter Droste-Hülshoff, Annette von None comments on person

MENTIONED IN: - Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992: Seen by other Victorian women poets as an important precursor - Vaessens, Geschiedenis van de moderne Nederlandse literatuur, 2013, p.130

L.E:L: is mentioned in George Eliot's novel Middlemarch, Chapter 27. However, when this was translated into Norwegian in 1874, the reference was removed, although a mention of Lady Blessington was kept. It seems that the translator did not recognize the initials. MNS18