02814nam 2200565 450 991079773040332120230608170829.01-61149-592-X(CKB)3710000000514056(EBL)4090190(SSID)ssj0001570724(PQKBManifestationID)16217587(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001570724(PQKBWorkID)14815020(PQKB)11433871(MiAaPQ)EBC4090190(EXLCZ)99371000000051405620151214h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMarguerite, Countess of Blessington the turbulent life of a salonnière and author /Susan MatoffNewark, [Delaware] :University of Delaware Press,2016.©20161 online resource (351 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-61149-591-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Title Page; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Portrait; 1788-1830; The Transformation; Early Married Life; Direction Genoa; Idling in Naples; Friendship, Scandal, and Farewell; Paris: The End of the Beginning; Recovery and Revolution; 1831-1839; A New Beginning in London; Launching into Literature; Adding an Annual; 1834, the Year of Literary Lions; Last Days in Seamore Place; Gore House; Confessions and Victims; Struggling On; 1840 and Later; On the Edge of the Slope; Fighting Back; Still Fighting; Sliding Down; Finale; After EffectsPresumptions of PosterityAppendix A; Appendix B; Bibliography; Index; About the AuthorThis biography of Lady Blessington (1788-1849) illuminates the literary, social, and political history of the post-Romantic, early Victorian period and examines her salon, which was attended by statesmen, writers, and artists who valued her friendship and judgment. She was a prolific author of novels, short stories, poetry, and a memoir, Conversations with Lord Byron, and she also edited influential gift annuals, Heath's Book of Beauty, and The Keepsake.SalonsAuthors, Irish19th centuryBiographyNobilityGreat BritainBiographyParis (France)Intellectual life19th centuryLondon (England)Intellectual life19th centurySalonsAuthors, IrishNobility828/.709Matoff Susan1479462MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797730403321Marguerite, Countess of Blessington3695583UNINA