Richard Monckton Milnes, later Lord Houghton, was born on 19 June 1809 in London, into a family whose wealth, political standing, and Yorkshire connections gave him access to the governing and literary worlds of nineteenth-century Britain. He died on 11 August 1885 at Fryston Hall, near Pontefract in Yorkshire, the family seat that remained both a refuge and a symbol of his inherited position. During his long life he…
“We in this country are not too apt to keep alive the remembrance of literary men.”
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Love Poets, Social Justice Poets, Victorian Poets
Emotional landscape: Sorrow, Spirituality, Wonder
In the pantheon of Victorian literature, Anne Brontë stands as perhaps the most underestimated literary genius of her era. Born into a family that would produce three of the nineteenth century's most celebrated novelists, Anne has long lived in the shadow of her more famous sisters, Charlotte and Emily. Yet this youngest Brontë sister, who lived only twenty-nine years (1820-1849), created works of startling moral com…
“Even if he fail in this, he has done something, if he has afforded a healthy and rational amusement.”
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Death & Mortality, Devotional Poets, Victorian Poets, Women Poets
Emotional landscape: Longing, Sorrow, Despair
