Eliza Roberts (poet)
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Eliza Roberts (fl. 1780–1788) was a British Romantic-era poet and translator of Rousseau.
Life and work
Few details are known of her life. She was possibly the same Eliza Roberts, said to be "literary",Elwood, [Anne]. "[https://books.google.com/books?id=ROsQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA333 Emma Roberts]". Memoirs of the Literary Ladies of England. Vol. 2 London: Henry Colburn, 1843, pp. 333–347. who was mother to travel writer and poet Emma Roberts.Colbert, Benjamin. "[https://www.british-travel-writing.org/authors/1120 Roberts, Emma, 1791—1840]". British Travel Writing. University of Wolverhampton. Accessed 10/09/2023.
As "Miss Roberts", she published two poems, "Effusions of melancholy" and "On a supposed slight from a friend" in the Lady's Poetical Magazine, Or Beauties of British Poetry (1781-1782)."Effusions of melancholy", Vol. I., p. [https://archive.org/details/ladyspoeticalmag01londuoft/page/n457/mode/2up 443-444]."On a supposed slight from a friend", Vol. II., p. [https://archive.org/details/ladyspoeticalmag02londuoft/page/188/mode/2up 189-190]. In 1788 she published The Beauties of Rousseau. Selected by a Lady, translations of a series of excerpts from various works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau.Todd, p. [https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofbrit00redi/page/269/mode/1up 269].
"Effusions of melancholy" and "On a supposed slight from a friend" were anthologized in the first known anthology of writing by women in English, Poems by Eminent Ladies (2nd edition, 1785, pp. 125–127).
Bibliography
- Miss Roberts, "Effusions of melancholy", The Lady's poetical magazine; or, Beauties of British poetry Vol. I. London: Harrison, 1781, p. 443-444. ([https://archive.org/details/ladyspoeticalmag01londuoft/page/442/mode/2up Etext], Internet Archive)
- Miss Roberts, "On a supposed slight from a friend", The Lady's poetical magazine; or, Beauties of British poetry Vol. II. London: Harrison, 1781, p. 189-190. ([https://archive.org/details/ladyspoeticalmag02londuoft/page/188/mode/2up Etext], Internet Archive)
- The Beauties of Rousseau. Selected by a Lady. 2 Vols. London: printed for T. Hookham, 1788. ESTC T136489; ECCO.
Notes
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References
- Todd, Janet. "Eliza Roberts". A Dictionary of British and American women writers, 1660-1800. Totowa, N.J.: Rowman & Allanheld, 1985, p. 269. ([https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofbrit00redi/page/269/mode/1up Etext], Internet Archive)
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Category:Writers of the Romantic era
Category:18th-century British women writers