This is an alphabetical list of female poets who were active in England and Wales, and the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland before approximately 1800. Nota bene: Authors of poetry are the focus of this list, though many of these writers worked in more than one genre.
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Poets
A
- Eliza Acton (1799โ1859)
- Jean Adam (1704โ1765)
- Lucy Aikin (1781โ1864)
- Mary Alcock (c. 1742 โ 1798)
- Elizabeth Amherst (c. 1716โ1779)
- Anne Askew (1521โ1546)
- Mary Astell (1666โ1731)
- Penelope Aubin (c. 1658 โ 1731)
- Katherine Austen (1629 โ c. 1683)
B
- Grizel Baillie (1665โ1746)
- Joanna Baillie (1762โ1851)
- Anne Bannerman (1765โ 1829)
- Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743โ1825)
- Mary Barber (c. 1690 โ 1757)
- Jane Barker (1652โ1732)
- Anne Barnard (nรฉe Lindsay; 1750โ1825)
- Maria Barrell (nรฉe Weylar; died 1803)
- Elizabeth Bath (fl. 1806)
- Henrietta Battier (c. 1751โ1813)
- Aphra Behn (1640โ1689)
- Benvenida Cohen Belmonte (fl.โ1720)
- Elizabeth Benger (1775โ1827)
- Elizabeth Bentley (1767โ1839)
- Matilda Betham (1776โ1852)
- Charlotte Beverley (fl. 1792)[1]
- Margaret Bingham (1740โ1814)
- Susanna Blamire (1747โ1794)
- Annabella Blount (nรฉe Guise; fl. 1700โ1741)[2]
- Elizabeth Blower (c. 1757/1763 โ after 1816)
- Frances Boothby (fl. 1669โ1670)
- Jane Bowdler (1743โ1784)
- Elizabeth Boyd (c. 1710 โ 1745)
- Anne Bradstreet (c. 1612 โ 1672)
- Barbarina Brand (1768โ1854)
- Hannah Brand (1754 โ 1821)
- Charlotte Brereton (b. c. 1720)[2]
- Jane Brereton (1685โ1740)
- Frances Brooke (1724โ1789)
- Anne Bryton (fl. 1780)[1]
- Frances Burney (1752โ1840)
- Sophia Burrell (1753โ1802)
- Phillipina Burton / Phillipina Hill (fl. 1768โ1787)[1]
C
- Mary Carey (nรฉe Jackson, later Peyler; c.โ1609 โ c.โ1680)
- Rebekah Carmichael (later Hay; fl. 1790โ1806)[2]
- Christian Carstairs (fl. 1763โ1786)
- Elizabeth Carter (1717โ1806)
- Elizabeth Cary (nรฉe Tanfield; 1585โ1639)
- Jane Cave (1754?โ1812)
- Elizabeth Cavendish (1626โ1663)
- Georgiana Cavendish (nรฉe Spencer; 1757โ1806)
- Jane Cavendish (1620/21โ1669)
- Margaret Cavendish (1623โ1673)
- Dorothea Celesia (bap. 1738, d. 1790)
- Susannah Centlivre (1667โ1723)
- Anna Chamber (d. 1777)
- Mary Chandler (1687โ1745)
- Hester Chapone (1727โ1801)
- Mary Chudleigh (1656โ1710)
- Emily Frederick Clark (fl. 1798โ1833)
- Elizabeth Cobbold (nรฉe Knipe; 1767โ1824)
- Alison Cockburn (1713โ1794)
- Mary Collier (c. 1688 โ 1762)
- An Collins (fl. 1653)
- Elizabeth Cooke (Lady Russell, formerly Hoby; 1528โ1609)
- Maria Susanna Cooper (1737โ1807)
- Hannah Cowley (1743โ1809)
- Frances Maria Cowper (nรฉe Madan; 1726โ1797)
- Helen Craik (c. 1751 โ 1825)
- Ann Batten Cristall (1769โ1848)
D
- Charlotte Dacre (1782โ1841)
- Alicia D'Anvers (1667โ1725)
- Eleanor Davies (1590โ1652)
- Mary Davys (1674โ1732)
- Eliza Day (fl. 1734โ1814)
- Maria De Fleury (fl. 1773โ1791)
- Anne Dick (died 1741)
- Sarah Dixon (1671โ1765)
- Katherine Doyley Dyer (d. 1654)
- Dorothea Dubois (nรฉe Annesley; 1724โ1774)[2]
- Anne Dutton (1692โ1765)
E
- Elizabeth Egerton (1626โ1663)
- Sarah Fyge Egerton (1670โ1723)
- Jean Elliot (1727โ1805)
- Elizabeth Elstob (1683โ1756)
- Ephelia (fl. 1679)
- Mary Evelyn (1665โ1685)[1]
F
- Mary Fage (fl. 1637)
- Maria and Harriet Falconar (fl. 1788โ1791)
- Catherine Maria Fanshawe (1765โ1834)
- Sarah Farrell (fl. 1792)[1]
- Anne Finch (1661โ1720)
- Martha Fowke (1689โ1736)
- Anne Francis (nรฉe Gittins) (1738โ1800)
- Elizabeth Freke (1641โ1714)
- Caroline Fry (1787โ1846)
G
- Jean Glover (1758โ1801)
- Janet Graham (1723โ1805)
- Catherine Gray, Lady Manners (1766โ1852)
- Frances Greville (c. 1727 โ 1789)
- Jane Grey (1537โ1554)
- Constantia Grierson (c. 1705 โ 1732)
- Ann Griffiths (nรฉe Thomas, 1776โ1805)
- Elizabeth Grimston (c. 1563 โ c. 1603)
H
- Anne Halkett (1623โ1699)
- Elizabeth Hamilton (1756 or 1758 โ 23 July 1816)
- Elizabeth Hands (1746โ1815)
- Susannah Harrison (1752โ1784)
- Margaret Harvey (1768โ1858)
- Lucy Hastings (1613โ1679)
- Susanna Hawkins (1787โ1868)
- Mary Hays (1759โ1843)
- Eliza Haywood (1693โ1756)
- Felicia Hemans (1793โ1835)
- Mary Heron (fl. 1786โ1792)
- Susanna Highmore (1689/90โ1750)
- Margaret Holford (1757โ1834)
- Margaret Holford (1778โ1852)
- Anne Hughes (fl. 1784โ1790)[1]
- Anna Hume (fl. 1644)
- Anne Hunter (1742โ1821)
- Lucy Hutchinson (1620โ1681)
I
- Anne Ingram (c.โ1696 โ 1764)
J
- Anna Brownell Jameson (1794โ1860)
- Catherine Jemmat (nรฉe Yeo; 1714โ1766)
- Mary Jones (1707โ1778)
K
- Isabella Kelly (c. 1759 โ 1857)
- Anne Killigrew (1660โ1685)
- Sophia King (later Fortnum; born c. 1781)
- Henrietta Knight (Baroness Luxborough; nรฉe St John; 1699โ1756)
L
- Caroline Lamb (1785โ1828)
- Mary Lamb (1764โ1847)
- Laetitia Elizabeth Landon (1802โ1838)
- Aemilia Lanier (1569โ1645)
- Mary Latter (1725โ1777)
- Mary Leapor (1722โ1746)
- Helen Leigh (fl. 1788)[2]
- Charlotte Lennox (1720โ1804)
- Mrs Letches (fl. 1792)[1]
- Esther Lewis (1716โ1794)
- Anne Ley (nรฉe Norman; c. 1599 โ 1641)
- Anne Lindsay (1750โ1825)
- Mary Linskill (1840โ1891)
- Janet Little (1759โ1813)
- Mary Locke (later Mary Mister, 1768โ1816)
- Maria Logan (fl. 1793)[1][2]
- Agnes Lyon (1762โ1840)
M
- Judith Madan (1702โ1781)
- Bathsua Makin (1600 โ c. 1675)
- Delarivier Manley (1663 or c. 1670 โ 1724)
- Mary Masters (1694?โ1759?)
- Elizabeth Melville, Lady Culross (fl. 1598โ1631)
- Mary Russell Mitford (1787โ1855)
- Mary Mollineux (nรฉe Southworth; c. 1651 โ 1696)
- Mary Monck (nรฉe Molesworth; 1677? โ 1715)
- Mary Wortley Montagu (c. 1689 โ 1762)
- Elizabeth Moody (1737โ1814)
- Jane Elizabeth Moore (born 1738)[1]
- Hannah More (1745โ1833)
- Arabella Moreton (after 1690 โ 1727)
- Sydney Owenson Morgan (1783โ1859)
- Celia Moss Levetus (1819โ1873)
- Martha Moulsworth (nรฉe Dorsett; 1577 โ c.โ1646)
- Ann Murry (1750 โ after 1818)
N
- Frances Norton (nรฉe Freke; 1644โ1731)
- Manuela Nuรฑez de Almeida
O
- Margaret Ogle (fl. 1742)[1]
- Adelaide O'Keeffe (1776โ1865)
- Carolina Oliphant (Lady Nairne; 1766โ1845)
- Henrietta O'Neill (1758โ1793)
- Amelia Opie (1769โ1853)
- Mary Oxlie (fl. 1616)
P
- Catherine Parr (c. 1512 โ 1548)
- Elizabeth Pennington (1732โ1759)
- Anne Penny (nรฉe Hughes; 1729โ1784)
- Katherine Philips (1631โ1664)
- Amelia Pickering (fl. 1788)[1]
- Sarah Piers (1697โ1714)
- Laetitia Pilkington (c. 1708 โ 1750)
- Hester Lynch Piozzi (1740โ1821)
- Mary Pix (1666โ1709)
- Annabella Plumptre (1769โ1838)
- Anne Plumptre (1760โ1818)
- Priscilla Pointon (later Pickering; c. 1740 โ 1801)[1][2]
- Anna Maria Porter (1780โ1832)
- Diana Primrose (fl. 1630)
- Hester Pulter (1605โ1678)
- Jael Pye (nรฉe Mendez) (c.โ1737 โ 1782)
R
- Ann Radcliffe (1764โ1823)
- Clara Reeve (1729โ1807)
- Henrietta Rhodes (fl.โ1811โ1814)[3]
- Catherine Eliza Richardson (nรฉe Scott; 1777โ1853)
- Elizabeth Richardson (1576/77โ1651)
- Maria Banks Riddell (nรฉe Woodley; 1772โ1808)
- Eliza Roberts (fl. 1780โ1788)
- Rose Roberts (1730โ1788)
- Mary Robinson (1757โ1800)
- Elizabeth Rolt (fl. 1768)[1]
- Elizabeth Singer Rowe (nรฉe Singer; 1674โ1737)
- Hannah Rowe (fl. 1785)[1]
- Susanna Rowson (nรฉe Haswell; 1762โ1824)
- Elizabeth Ryves (1750โ1797)
S
- Maria Grace Saffery (1773โ1858)
- Charlotte Sanders/Charlotte Saunders (fl. 1787โ1803)[1]
- Mary Savage (fl. 1763โ1777)[2]
- Anna Sawyer (fl. 1794โ1801)[2]
- Mary Scott (1752โ1793)
- Anna Seward (1742โ1809)
- Frances Seymour (nรฉe Thynne; 1699โ1754)[2]
- Elizabeth Sara Sheppard (1830โ1862)
- Elizabeth Ann Sheridan (1754โ1792)
- Mary Sidney Herbert (1561โ1621)
- Charlotte Smith (1749โ1806)
- Elizabeth Smith (1776โ1806)
- Joanna Southcott (1750โ1814)
- Rachel Speght (b. c. 1597)
- Mariana Starke (c. 1762 โ 1838)
- Anne Steele (1717โ1778)
- Mary Stockdale (1774โ1854)
- Agnes Strickland (1796โ1874)
- Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia (1596โ1660)
- Helen D'Arcy Stewart (nรฉe Cranstoun; 1765โ1838)
T
- Catherine Talbot (1721โ1770)
- Ann Taylor (1782โ1866)
- Elizabeth Taylor (d. 1708)
- Ellen Taylor (fl. 1792)[2][4]
- Emily Taylor (1795โ1872)
- Jane Taylor (1783โ1824)
- Elizabeth Teft (b. 1723)
- Ann Thomas (fl. 1784โ1795)[2]
- Elizabeth Thomas (1675โ1731)
- Elizabeth Thomas (1770/71โ1855)
- Mary Tighe (1772โ1810)
- Elizabeth Tipper (1660โ1698)[5]
- Elizabeth Tollet (1694โ1754)
- Elizabeth Sophia Tomlins (1763โ1828)
- Margaret Turner (fl.โ1790โ1810)[6][7]
- Anna Trapnel (fl. 1654โ1660)
- Catherine Trotter (1679โ1749)
- Elizabeth Tudor (1533โ1603)
V
- Anne Vavasour (c.โ1560 โ c.โ1650)
W
- Hannah Wallis (fl. 1787)[2]
- Octavia Walsh (1677โ1706)
- Catherine George Ward (born 1787)
- Elizabeth Wardlaw (1677โ1727)
- Anna Weamys (fl. 1651)
- Jane West (1758โ1852)
- Elizabeth Jane Weston (1581 or 1582 โ 1612)
- Anne Wharton (1659โ1685)
- Mary Whateley (1738โ1825)
- Isabella Whitney (b. c.1540, fl. 1566โ1573)
- Anna Williams (1706โ1783)
- Helen Maria Williams (c. 1761 โ 1827)
- Anne Wilson (fl.1778)[2]
- Jane Wiseman (c. 1682 โ 1717)
- Dorothy Wordsworth (1771โ1855)
- Frances Wright (1795โ1852)
- Mehetabel Wesley Wright (1697โ1750)
- Maria Weylar (fl. 1770)[1]
- Mary Wroth (1587โ1652)
Y
- Ann Yearsley (nรฉe Cromartie; c. 1753 โ 1806)
- Mary Julia Young (fl. 1787โ1810; died 1821)
See also
- List of 18th-century British working-class writers
- List of biographical dictionaries of women writers in English
- List of early-modern British women novelists
- List of early-modern British women playwrights
- List of female poets
- List of feminist poets
- List of poets
- List of women rhetoricians
- List of women writers
- Lists of writers
- Oxford period poetry anthologies
- Women Writers Project
- Women's writing (literary category)
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Todd, Janet, ed. A Dictionary of British and American women writers, 1660-1800. Totowa, N.J.: Rowman & Allanheld, 1985. (Internet Archive)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Lonsdale, Roger, ed. Eighteenth-Century Women Poets: An Oxford Anthology. Oxford University Press, 1989.
- ^ โRhodes, Henrietta.โ The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2791. Accessed 2023-01-02.
- ^ Burke, T. (Ed.). (2003). Eighteenth-Century English Labouring-Class Poets: 1780-1800 (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429350191
- ^ "Elizabeth Tipper." Orlando: Womenโs Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present. Cambridge UP.
- ^ Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page
- ^ "Turner, Margaret." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2786. Accessed 2023-01-02.
Resources
- Blain, Virginia, et al., eds. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English. New Haven and London: Yale UP, 1990. (Internet Archive)
- Buck, Claire, ed.The Bloomsbury Guide to Women's Literature. Prentice Hall, 1992. (Internet Archive)
- Greer, Germaine, ed. Kissing the Rod: an anthology of seventeenth-century women's verse. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1988.
- Lonsdale, Roger ed. Eighteenth Century Women Poets: An Oxford Anthology. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989.
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: OUP, 2004.
- Robertson, Fiona, ed. Women's Writing, 1778โ1838. Oxford: OUP, 2001. (Internet Archive)
- Schlueter, Paul, and June Schlueter. An encyclopedia of British women writers. Rutgers University Press, 1998. (Internet Archive)
- Todd, Janet, ed. British Women Writers: a critical reference guide. London: Routledge, 1989. (Internet Archive)
- Todd, Janet, ed. A Dictionary of British and American women writers, 1660-1800. Totowa, N.J.: Rowman & Allanheld, 1985. (Internet Archive)
External links
- Bibliography of Early Modern Women Writers That Are In Print
- 17th Century Women Poets - biographical and bibliographical information on selected poets
- British Women Romantic Poets - an electronic collection of texts for the period (1789โ1832).
- The Brown University Women Writers Project Emphasis is on pre-Victorian women writers.
- A Celebration of Women Writers - A major focus of this site is the development of on-line editions of older, often rare, out-of-copyright works.
- Emory Women Writers Resource Project A collection of texts by women writing from the seventeenth century through the early twentieth century.
- List of biographical dictionaries Collectively, the resources at this site "provide information about any 17th-century British woman writer one could imagine."
- Luminarium - an online anthology of English literature
- A Time-Line of English Poetry from Old English to Post Modern
- Representative Poetry Online Includes an index of 4,079 English poems by 618 poets, with bibliographies and literary criticism.
- Romantic Circles - a refereed scholarly website devoted to the study of Romantic-period literature and culture
- Women Romantic-Era Writers
- The Women Writers Archive: Early Modern Women Writers Online
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