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
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 Alexander Dyce 1825 is biography of
De l'Influence des femmes Fanny Mongellaz 1828 is biography of
*art. on British poets Aernout Drost 1834 mentions person
*Art. in Algemeene konst -en letterbode Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1839 comments on person
*Comment in private letter Annette von Droste - Hülshoff 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