Lactilla, Milkwoman of Clifton Life and Writings of Ann Yearsley, 1753-1806 |
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| Author:
| Waldron, Mary |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8203-1801-1 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1996 |
| Publisher: | University of Georgia Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $67.00 |
Book Description:
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Ann Yearsley was an English poet, playwright, and novelist who began her adult life as a milkwoman and later became the chief support of her family through her writing. This biography offers the most thoroughly researched account of the complex political and social causes of Yearsley's exclusion from the annals of literature.
Ann Yearsley was an English poet, playwright, and novelist who began her adult life as a milkwoman and later became the chief support of her family through her writing. This biography offers the most thoroughly researched account of the complex political and social causes of Yearsley's exclusion from the annals of literature.