Hello David,
Claire Connolly, who's at the Univesity of Wales in Cardiff (though
currently on leave in California) has written on Tighe, and would be the
person to consult.
I don't have her e-mail to hand at home (8.35 p.m. Cork time) but will send
it to you tomorrow. Andrew Carpenter, UCD, or my own colleague Clíona ó
Gallchoir might also know about this; I've copied them both, as you (and
she) see. Andrew's e-mail is [log in to unmask]
Best wishes
Pat Coughlan
Professor Patricia Coughlan
Dept. of English
University College, Cork
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From: David L. Miller
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Sent: 09/05/2005 20:22
Subject: Mary Tighe
I got an inquiry from colleagues that I'd like to pass along to
listmembers. It concerns "Mary Tighe, an Irish poet from the late
18th/early 19th C, whose most famous work is _Cupid and Psyche_, which
is written in over 300 Spenserian Stanzas.
Tighe's husband and brother-in-law were both Loyalists, and the latter
ended up in British Parliament after the Union. We are interested in
a
book, article, or whatever type of publication you can recommend . . .
we are trying to sort out the political implications, especially for
an
Irish woman in a very political family, of writing in Spenserian
stanzas."
I thought of Richard C. Frushell's work on Spenser in the 18th
century,
but haven't much else to offer. Can anyone out there add a
suggestion?
Thanks,
David Lee Miller
Professor of English & Comparative Literature
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
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