WorkFelicia Hemans
Felicia Hemans (1793–1835)
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Documented 1833
Letters • Manuscripts
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“gets rid in short of the victim—the Mrs Hemans part of her troubles—”
Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Vol. I: 1817-1838. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1983.
Hudspeth identified Hemans as a writer of popular verse, best known for 'Casabianca,' though Fuller names no specific work herself.
“Mrs Hemans's poetry could not force its way where there was not strong predisposition &c I should think your remarks went to prove that no poetry could.”
Inferred Fuller judges that "Mrs Hemans's poetry could not force its way where there was not strong predisposition," making a critical assessment of Hemans's popular reach in the context of Clarke's article on poetry's influence, though no specific title is named.
“I have read sundry books and one beautiful bit of poesy by- Mrs Hemans / "Ay I did weep / Kind heavens how I did weep.”
Inferred Fuller quotes two lines she attributes to Mrs. Hemans (Felicia Hemans): 'Ay I did weep / Kind heavens how I did weep,' calling it 'one beautiful bit of poesy.' She confirms active recent reading of Hemans's works, though the specific poem containing these lines remains unidentified despite scholarly search.
Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. VI. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1988.
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“Mrs. Hemans Miss Landon Miss Jewsbury and other flattered poetesses mourn over womans lot as something peculiar”
Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. VI. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1988.
Inferred Hudspeth identified Fuller was fond of Hemans's poetry, which was widely read in the 1830s, most notably Records of Woman (1828).
“The female lyricists / of England, Mrs Norton / Mrs Hemans &c”
Fuller, Margaret. "Notes, 1st Issue of the Dial." Houghton Library, Harvard University; MS Am 1086.
“The female lyrists / of England, Mrs Norton / Mrs Hemans & c”
Fuller, Margaret. "Outline for a Collected Volume." Houghton Library, Harvard University.