Name/TitleWomen's Voices
MakerSharp, William (Mrs)
Maker RoleEditor
About this objectLarge hardback book with dark blue covers covers titled 'Women's Voices: An Anthology of the Most Characteristic Poems by English, Scotch, and Irish Women', selected, arranged and edited by Mrs William Sharp. The preface begins: "Various circumstances have occurred to delay the publication of this volume. It was originally intended to be an anthology from the writing of women poets between 1685 and 1885; but I do not regret the delay in its appearance, for I have thereby been enabled to include no inconsiderable amount of fine poetic work which has appeared during the last two and a-half years."
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Medium and MaterialsOrganic, board and paper
MeasurementsH: 195 x W: 133 x D: 30 mm
Date Made1887
PeriodLate 17th - late 19th century
Place MadeEngland, London
Place NotesWalter Scott, 24 Warwick Lane, London
PublisherWalter Scott
Publication Date1887
Publication PlaceEngland, London
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Sharp_(writer):
Elizabeth Amelia Sharp (1856–1932) was a critic, editor and writer, and married to the Scottish writer, William Sharp also known by his pseudonym Fiona MacLeod. William Sharp (1855–1905) was her first cousin, his father David was a younger brother of Thomas, Elizabeth's father. They had no children. ... Elizabeth Sharp published books on poetry, art and music history, and translated Heine. Elizabeth and William collaborated to some extent, most notably on Lyra Celtica: An Anthology of Representative Celtic Poetry. Lyra Celtica is an anthology of poetry from all the Celtic nations. It includes ancient Scottish, Irish, Cornish, Manx and Breton poems as well as works by contemporary Scottish and Irish poets including Fiona MacLeod, Katharine Tynan, WB Yeats, Bliss Carman, Villiers de I'Isle-Adam and Arthur Quiller Couch. Elizabeth contributed significantly to the selection and arrangement of sonnets in William's book Sonnets of This Century (1886). In 1887, Elizabeth assisted William when he took over the editor of 'The Literary Chair' in The Young Folk's Paper. In 1890, William transferred the post of London-based art critic for the Glasgow Herald to Elizabeth. In 1899, Elizabeth was also an art critic for a London newspaper. In 1892, J Stanley Little wrote a favourable review of Elizabeth's translation of Heine: "She has absorbed Heine and given him back etc." In 1896, Elizabeth contributed to Patrick Geddes' The Evergreen: A Northern Seasonal [continues].
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's writing & literature
Subject and Association Keywordspoetry & verse
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBook
Object numberGWL-2025-115-2
Spine LabelWOMEN'S VOICES ~ Walter Scott
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved