SEWARD, ANNA

sēˈwərd, 1742–1809, English poet, called the Swan of Lichfield. A member of the Lichfield literary group, which included Thomas Day and Erasmus Darwin, she was acquainted also with Dr. Johnson and James Boswell. She bequeathed her literary works to Sir Walter Scott, who edited them (3 vol., 1810).

See selected letters, with short biography (ed. by H. Pearson, 1936).

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The Singing Swan: An Account of Anna Seward and Her Acquaintance with Dr. Johnson, Boswell, & Others of Their Time
Book by Margaret Ashmun, Frederick A. Pottle; Yale University Press, 1931
Subjects: Seward, Anna--1742-1809
THE SINGING SWAN ANNA SEWARD BY ROMNEY C. 1786 Courtesy of...THE SINGING SWAN An Account of Anna Seward and Her Acquaintance with Dr. Johnson...Lovell Edgeworth, William Hayley, and Anna Seward. At the present day no work by any...
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The Life of William H. Seward - Vol. 1
Book by Frederic Bancroft; Harper and Brothers, 1900
Subjects: Seward, William Henry--1801-1872
THE LIFE OF WILLIAM H. SEWARD By FREDERIC BANCROFT WITH PORTRAITS...LEADERS AND PRACTICAL POLITICS DURING SEWARDs GOVERNORSHIP, 1839-42 74...52 XI. SEWARD AS A LAWYER 171...
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America's Joan of Arc: The Life of Anna Elizabeth Dickinson
Book by J. Matthew Gallman; Oxford University Press, 2006
Subjects: Abolitionists--Pennsylvania--Biography, Antislavery Movements--United States--History--19th Century, Dickinson, Anna E--(Anna Elizabeth)--1842-1932, Feminists--Pennsylvania--Biography, Orators--United States--Biography, Women Abolitionists--Pennsylvania--Biography, Women Orators--United States--Biography, Women's Rights--United States--History--19th Century
...national political leaders began turning to Anna Dickinson for her political endorsement...to block Secretary of State William H. Sewards reported efforts to negotiate a dishonorable...unseat the moderate Lincoln, they wanted Anna Dickinson in their corner. But by then...
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Neither Heroine nor Fool: Anna Ella Carroll of Maryland
Book by Janet L. Coryell; Kent State University, 1990
Subjects: American Party--Biography, Carroll, Anna Ella--1815-1894, Pamphleteers--United States--Biography, Presidents--United States--Election--1856, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women, United States--Politics And Government--1853-1857, Women--United States--History--19th Century
...Johnson and Donald Stewart, who introduced me to history and to Anna Ella Carroll as the author of the Tennessee Campaign. Carroll...legend. So did the letters from Carroll to William Henry Seward and Thurlow Weed, kept at the University of Rochester. Perhaps...
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Santa Anna of Mexico
Book by Will Fowler; University of Nebraska Press, 2007
Subjects: Generals--Mexico--Biography, Mexico--History--1821-1861, Presidents--Mexico--Biography, Santa Anna, Antonio Laopez De--1794?-1876
Santa Anna ofMexico Santa Anna of Mexico WILL FOWLER UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA PRESS LINCOLN...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Fowler, Will. Santa Anna ofMexico i Will Fowler. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references...
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journal articles on: Seward Anna  - 53 results

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William Newton: Anna Seward's "Peak Minstrel"
Journal article by Sandro Jung; Wordsworth Circle, Vol. 40, 2009
Subjects: English poets--Criticism and interpretation, English poets--Social aspects, English poets--Works, Newton, William--Criticism and interpretation, Newton, William--Works, Seward, Anna--Social aspects
William Newton: Anna Sewards "Peak Minstrel". by Sandro Jung...mill-owner at Tideswell, was the protege of Anna Seward, the Swan of Lichfield, who fashioned...among them, Helen Maria Williams, Anna Seward, Charlotte Smith, Coleridge, and Holcroft...
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"A Thing Unknown, without a Name": Anna Laetitia Barbauld and the Illegible Signature
Journal article by Susan Rosenbaum; Studies in Romanticism, Vol. 40, 2001
Subjects: Barbauld, Anna Laetitia--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Characters and characteristics in literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Narration (Rhetoric)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Poetry--Authorship, Women authors--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Women poets--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...Byron, Mary Robinson, Jane Austen, Anna Seward, and Coleridge all used name disguises...also "Introduction," The Poems of Anna Laetitia Barbauld, eds. William McCarthy...Repression, Desire, and Gender in Anna Letitia Barbaulds Early Poems," Romantic...
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"The First Fire": Barbauld Rewrites the Greater Romantic Lyric
Journal article by John M. Anderson; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 34, 1994
Subjects: Abrams, M.H.--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Barbauld, Anna Laetitia--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Lyric poetry--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Romanticism--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Women poets--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...day. . . . A far better poet than Anna Seward, she offers imaginative subjects...might draw encouragement from this Anna Barbauld: from the subtlety and spirit...this poem is that in The Works of Anna Laetitia Barbauld: With a Memoir by...
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Sexual Politics in Elizabeth Inchbald
Journal article by Anna Lott; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 34, 1994
Subjects: Essays--Analysis, Feminist literature--Analysis, Inchbald, Elizabeth--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...those of other women critics such as Anna Seward. Sewards ideal was the "oppressed...always so independent" (p. 281). 23 Anna Seward, Essay 25 in Variety (1787; essays...Colley Cibbers Love Makes a Man. Anna Lott is Assistant Professor of English...
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Elegiac Sonnets: Charlotte Smith's Formal Paradoxy
Journal article by Daniel Robinson; Papers on Language & Literature, Vol. 39, 2003
Subjects: Elegiac Sonnets (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Elegiac poetry--Criticism, interpretation, etc., English poetry--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Smith, Charlotte--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Sonnets--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...posthumous publication in 1811 of Anna Sewards letters made public her complaints...shouting to potential critics such as Anna Seward that hers are decidedly not legitimate...Henry Kirke White, Mary Tighe, and Anna Seward. (14) Surprisingly, no one yet...
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magazine articles on: Seward Anna  - 11 results

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A First Lady's Courageous Voyage
Magazine article by Bobette Gugliotta; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 44, March 1992
Subjects: Juarez, Margarita Maza de--Biography, Presidents--Wives
...During the course of the evening Seward remarked to Margarita, "I hope...two friends, Juarez and Santa Anna." The Minister of Colombia...General Antonio Lopez Santa Anna to the dungeons of San Juan de Ulua. Neither Margarita nor Seward was fool enough to let a slip...
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Storm over Mexico: Godfrey Hodgson Tells the Colourful Story of Jane McManus, Political Journalist, Land Speculator, Pioneer Settler in Texas and Propagandist Who Believed That the United States Had a 'Manifest Destiny' to Rule Mexico and the Caribbean
Magazine article by Godfrey Hodgson; History Today, Vol. 55, March 2005
Subjects: Cazneau, Jane McManus Storm--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Cazneau, Jane McManus Storm--Political activity, Cazneau, Jane McManus Storm--Travel, Conduct of life--1846 AD, Land speculators--1846 AD, Land speculators--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Manifest destiny--1846 AD, Messianism, American--1846 AD
...impress powerful men, from Burr and Houston to Beach, Polk and Seward, with her romantic vision of Americas manifest destiny to bring...Frederick Merk, Manifest Destiny and Mission (Random House, 1963); Anna Kasten Nelson, Jane Storms Cazneau, Disciple of Manifest Destiny...
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Dance Directory: Schools, Colleges, Teachers, Dancers, and Regional Companies
Magazine article; Dance Magazine, Vol. 76, February 2002
...3901 Old Seward Hwy. Suite 17E...Jo Anna Jarvis, ARAD, ATC, Director...THE ANNA MARIE DANCE STUDIO...Anna-Made Holmes, company Dir...
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Dance Directory: Schools Colleges Teachers Dancers Regional Companies
Magazine article; Dance Magazine, Vol. 75, November 2001
Subjects: Dance companies--Directories
...3901 Old Seward Hwy. Suite 17E...Jo Anna Jarvis, ARAD, ATC, Director...THE ANNA MARIE DANCE STUDIO...Anna-Marie Holmes, Company Dir...
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Dance Directory: Schools, Colleges, Teachers, Dancers, and Regional Companies
Magazine article; Dance Magazine, Vol. 75, December 2001
Subjects: Dancing--Directories
...3901 Old Seward Hwy. Suite 17E...Jo Anna Jarvis, ARAD, ATC, Director...THE ANNA MARIE DANCE STUDIO...Anna-Marie Holmes, Company Dir...
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newspaper articles on: Seward Anna  - 29 results

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THE BOY BORN TO BE KING; THE Nation Has Been Captivated by Prince William from the Day He Was Born. Now, as He Celebrates His 16th Birthday, INGRID SEWARD, Editor- In-Chief of Majesty Magazine, Guides You along His Life's Journey So Far
Newspaper article by Ingrid Seward; The People (London, England), June 21, 1998
...Diana felt that Carling had betrayed her by talking about their friendship. James Hewitt also let her down by co-operating with Anna Pasternak in a sickly book detailing his romance with Diana. William, who was, according to Diana, extremely fond of Hewitt...
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Golf Previews
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), August 20, 2006
...Christina Bufalino, Alison Lacey, Anna Renkosiak, Kate White Returning...teams." Libertyville Coach: Jim Seward (18th year) Home course: Village...the ball and a better putter," Seward said "Shes very excited and...nice finishes in tournaments," Seward said. "Theres a chance if things...
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Hard-Working Reliable Helpful; as Fergie Loses Her HRH, Anne Shows She Deserves Hers; (That's What Being a Royal Is All About)}
Newspaper article by Adrian Shaw; The Mirror (London, England), June 3, 1996
...magazine editor-in-chief Ingrid Seward says of her: "She is the perfect...husband- and-wife movie team Dame Anna Neagle and Herbert Wilcox...private life, too, says Ingrid Seward, she has set a perfect example...energies into her work. Miss Seward says: "She has come through...
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Mary Surratt and the Assassination
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 6, 2002
Subjects: Booth, John Wilkes
...when he showed up, John Surratt agitatedly told his sister Anna that the actor was crazy and she should tell him that he was...failed both in his attempt to kill Secretary of State William Seward and to escape with Booth after Lincoln was shot at Fords Theatre...
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WHERE THE SKIRT IS; Where the Heart Is Joe Reveals Love Secrets to No Girl Is Safe When Me and My Little Brother Are on the Pull, Says Danny
Newspaper article; The People (London, England), July 25, 2004
...just showed what a difference the acting made." Danny went to the internationally-renowned Oldham Theatre Workshop where stars Anna Friel and Paul Nicholls started. His mum Adrianna wanted him to take a psychology degree. But Danny, who reckons he got his...
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encyclopedia articles on: Seward Anna  - 4 results

 
 
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Seward, Anna
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SEWARD, ANNA se w rd, 1742 1809, English poet, called the Swan of Lichfield. A member of the Lichfield literary group, which included Thomas...
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Darwin, Erasmus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Lichfield and cultivated a botanical garden. He was a prominent member of the Lichfield literary group, which included Anna Seward and Thomas Day . In a long poem, The Botanic Garden (1789 91), Darwin expounded the botanical system of Linnaeus...
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Day, Thomas
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the conventional one of the objectionable Merton. In Lichfield he was a member of the literary group centering about Anna Seward . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University...
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Lichfield
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...old grammar school (founded 1497). In the 18th cent., a literary circle that included Erasmus Darwin, Thomas Day, and Anna Seward was known as the Lichfield group. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission...


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