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| − | + | === Isabella Whitney (ca. 1548-aft. 1573) === | |
| − | She was the first Englishwoman to publish a book of her poetry. She wrote [http://www.montana.edu/wwwwhitn/index.html | + | She was the first Englishwoman to publish a book of her poetry. She wrote [http://www.montana.edu/wwwwhitn/index.html ''A Sweet Nosegay''], a book of poetry, in '''1573'''. |
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She was daughter of [[Family:Whitney, Geoffrey (s1520-?)|Geoffrey Whitney]], and sister of [[Family:Whitney, Geoffrey (c1548-1601)|Geoffrey]] (author of Whitney's Emblems), Brooke, Anne (m. ----- Baron), and two younger sisters. She may have married one ----- Eldershae and had two children, as such a sister is mentioned in the younger Geoffrey's will. | She was daughter of [[Family:Whitney, Geoffrey (s1520-?)|Geoffrey Whitney]], and sister of [[Family:Whitney, Geoffrey (c1548-1601)|Geoffrey]] (author of Whitney's Emblems), Brooke, Anne (m. ----- Baron), and two younger sisters. She may have married one ----- Eldershae and had two children, as such a sister is mentioned in the younger Geoffrey's will. | ||
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| + | ==== Notes ==== | ||
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| + | See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Whitney Wikipedia article] and [http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poets/whitney-isabella U. of Toronto's Representative Poetry Online]. | ||
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| − | [http://www.mun.ca/alciato/whit/wc.html Commentary on Whitney's | + | [http://www.mun.ca/alciato/whit/wc.html Commentary on Whitney's ''Choice of Emblemes''] |
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| − | Copyright © 2000, 2006, The Whitney Research Group | + | Copyright © 2000, 2006, The [[Whitney Research Group]] |
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| + | [[Category:Biographies]] | ||
Latest revision as of 23:05, 16 October 2014
Archives > Archive:Biographies > Isabella Whitney (fl. 1573)
Isabella Whitney (ca. 1548-aft. 1573)
She was the first Englishwoman to publish a book of her poetry. She wrote A Sweet Nosegay, a book of poetry, in 1573.
She was daughter of Geoffrey Whitney, and sister of Geoffrey (author of Whitney's Emblems), Brooke, Anne (m. ----- Baron), and two younger sisters. She may have married one ----- Eldershae and had two children, as such a sister is mentioned in the younger Geoffrey's will.
Notes
See Wikipedia article and U. of Toronto's Representative Poetry Online.
Commentary on Whitney's Choice of Emblemes
Copyright © 2000, 2006, The Whitney Research Group
