Edith Nesbit, who published most often as E. Nesbit, was born on 15 August 1858 at 38 Lower Kennington Lane in Kennington, then part of Surrey and now within south London. She died on 4 May 1924 at New Romney, Kent. In the years between those dates she became one of the most inventive writers for children in English, an accomplished poet, a novelist of adult life, a writer of ghost stories and social comedy, a social…
“And one need not always "talk down" to children: they understand far better than you think.”
Neighbourhood:
Children's Verse, Edwardian Poets, Light Verse Poets, Political Poets, Women Poets
Emotional landscape: Longing, Sorrow, Despair
In the autumn of 1867, a sixteen-year-old girl sat at her desk in Litchfield, Michigan, struggling with algebra homework. The mathematical figures before her kept blurring, replaced by a persistent phrase that demanded attention: "Curfew must not ring tonight." What began as an interruption to her studies would become one of the most recited poems of the nineteenth century, launching Rose Hartwick into unexpected lit…
Neighbourhood:
American Poets, Children's Verse, Death & Mortality, Victorian Poets, Women Poets
Emotional landscape: Tenderness, Peace, Wonder
