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Olaf Simons (talk | contribs) (Created claim: Biographical notes (P173): Overall: A washer-woman, Collier is best known for her spirited, well-written poem "The Woman's Labour: an Epistle to Mr Stephen Duck." She did not initially intend to publish, but the Advertisement states that ‘Her Friends are of Opinion that the Novelty of a Washer-woman's turning Poetess, will procure her some Readers’. She explains that she published for the reader's entertainment and to "put a small sum of money in her pocket," as her life...) |
Olaf Simons (talk | contribs) (Added reference to claim: Biographical notes (P173): Overall: A washer-woman, Collier is best known for her spirited, well-written poem "The Woman's Labour: an Epistle to Mr Stephen Duck." She did not initially intend to publish, but the Advertisement states that ‘Her Friends are of Opinion that the Novelty of a Washer-woman's turning Poetess, will procure her some Readers’. She explains that she published for the reader's entertainment and to "put a small sum of money in her pocket," as her life w...) |
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Property / Biographical notes: Overall: A washer-woman, Collier is best known for her spirited, well-written poem "The Woman's Labour: an Epistle to Mr Stephen Duck." She did not initially intend to publish, but the Advertisement states that ‘Her Friends are of Opinion that the Novelty of a Washer-woman's turning Poetess, will procure her some Readers’. She explains that she published for the reader's entertainment and to "put a small sum of money in her pocket," as her life was "toilsome, and her wages inconsiderable." The DNB, however, explains that the public did not respond well to a washer-woman turned poetess, disbelieving the authenticity of her authorship. "Her later comment on this venture was: ‘I lost nothing, neither did I gain much, others run away with the profit’ (Collier, iv)" (DNB). / reference | |||
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* 1688, + 1762, English author
Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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English | Mary Collier |
* 1688, + 1762, English author |
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Education: parents taught her to read
Overall: A washer-woman, Collier is best known for her spirited, well-written poem "The Woman's Labour: an Epistle to Mr Stephen Duck." She did not initially intend to publish, but the Advertisement states that ‘Her Friends are of Opinion that the Novelty of a Washer-woman's turning Poetess, will procure her some Readers’. She explains that she published for the reader's entertainment and to "put a small sum of money in her pocket," as her life was "toilsome, and her wages inconsiderable." The DNB, however, explains that the public did not respond well to a washer-woman turned poetess, disbelieving the authenticity of her authorship. "Her later comment on this venture was: ‘I lost nothing, neither did I gain much, others run away with the profit’ (Collier, iv)" (DNB).
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