LEADER 02814nam 2200565 450 001 9910797730403321 005 20230608170829.0 010 $a1-61149-592-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000514056 035 $a(EBL)4090190 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001570724 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16217587 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001570724 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14815020 035 $a(PQKB)11433871 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4090190 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000514056 100 $a20151214h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMarguerite, Countess of Blessington $ethe turbulent life of a salonnie?re and author /$fSusan Matoff 210 1$aNewark, [Delaware] :$cUniversity of Delaware Press,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (351 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-61149-591-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTitle 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 Effects 327 $aPresumptions of PosterityAppendix A; Appendix B; Bibliography; Index; About the Author 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aSalons 606 $aAuthors, Irish$y19th century$vBiography 606 $aNobility$zGreat Britain$vBiography 607 $aParis (France)$xIntellectual life$y19th century 607 $aLondon (England)$xIntellectual life$y19th century 615 0$aSalons 615 0$aAuthors, Irish 615 0$aNobility 676 $a828/.709 700 $aMatoff$b Susan$01479462 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797730403321 996 $aMarguerite, Countess of Blessington$93695583 997 $aUNINA