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Writers with Entries: July 2012 Update
New Author Entries
- Susanna Hopton, 1627-1709, theological and devotional writer whose canon is still not clearly established. She was much concerned to adapt what she saw as the best of Roman Catholic devotional practices to serve the needs of the Anglican church.
- Marie-Catherine de Villedieu, 1640?-1683, French writer who launched her high-profile career as Marie-Catherine Desjardins, then took the name . . . Read more
Writers with Entries: January 2012 Update
In January 2012, Orlando released 10 entries (9 British women writers, 1 male writer); 39 new free-standing chronology entries; 418 new bibliographical listings; 29,227 new tags; 7,861,990 total words (exclusive of tags). New author entries include:
- Lady Lucy Herbert, 1668 or 1669 – 1744, Roman Catholic prioress and devotional writer, sister of Lady Nithsdale following.
- Winifred . . . Read more
Writers with Entries: July 2011 Update
In July 2011, Orlando released 10 entries (8 British women writers, 1 male writer, 1 other woman writer); 72 new free-standing chronology entries; 358 new bibliographical listings; 30,714 new tags; 7,756,844 total words (exclusive of ). New author entries are:
- Elizabeth Bathurst, 1655-91, colonial American Quaker, who wrote a number of works that do not survive, and published a spiritual autobiography . . . Read more
Writers with Entries: January 2011 Update
In January 2011, Orlando released 11 new entries (9 British women writers, 1 male writer, 2 other women writers—listed twice if their nationality shifted); 54 free-standing chronology entries; 270 new bibliographical listings; 27,957 new tags; and 944,773 new words (exclusive of tags). New author entries include:
- Bathsheba Bowers, 1671-1718, colonial American Quaker, who wrote a number of works that do not survive, and published . . . Read more
Writers with Entries: July 2010 update
Orlando: Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present is an on-line cultural history generated from the lives and works of women writers. The materials listed below were added to Orlando in July 2010. For more information on Orlando visit http://www.cambridge.org/online/orlandoonline
New Author Entries
- Elizabeth Oxenbridge, Lady Tyrwhit, c. 1510-78, early Protestant compiler of a book of private prayers (including . . . Read more
Writers with Entries: January 2010 update
Orlando: Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present is an on-line cultural history generated from the lives and works of women writers. The materials listed below were added to Orlando in January 2010. For more information on Orlando visit http://www.cambridge.org/online/orlandoonline
New Author Entries
- Ann Fisher, 1719-78, grammarian (uniquely for a woman at this date) and educational writer.
- Margaret Holford . . . Read more
Writers with Entries: July 2009 update
Orlando: Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present is an on-line cultural history generated from the lives and works of women writers. The materials listed below were added to Orlando in July 2009. For more information on Orlando visit http://www.cambridge.org/online/orlandoonline
New Author Entries
- Elizabeth Walker, 1623-90. Miscellaneous religious writer and memoirist.
- Elizabeth Burnet, 1661-1709. Diarist, letter-writer, Latitudinarian devotional writer . . . Read more
Writers with Entries: January 2009 update
Orlando: Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present is an on-line cultural history generated from the lives and works of women writers. The materials listed below were added to Orlando in January 2009. For more information on Orlando visit http://www.cambridge.org/online/orlandoonline
New Author Entries
- Elizabeth Melvill (perhaps 1575 to 1640), Scottish poet whose Ane Godlie Dream, 1603, went through more editions than . . . Read more
Writers with entries: July 2008 update
Orlando: Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present is an on-line cultural history generated from the lives and works of women writers. The materials listed below were added to Orlando in July 2008. For more information on Orlando visit http://www.cambridge.org/online/orlandoonline
New Author Entries
- Mary Oxlie, fl. 1616. Either English or Scots, author of a single known poem, which discusses the difficulties . . . Read more
Writers with Entries: January 2008 update
Orlando: Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present is an on-line cultural history generated from the lives and works of women writers. The materials listed below were added to Orlando in January 2008. For more information on Orlando visit http://www.cambridge.org/online/orlandoonline
New Author Entries
- Margaret Roper, 1505-44, Renaissance letter-writer and translator of Erasmus, still chiefly famous for her behaviour at her father’s . . . Read more
