Anna Seward

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English writer human letter-writer poet

Anna Seward was an 18th-century English poet and letter-writer, often called the "Swan of Lichfield," known for her literary salons, Romantic verse, and wide correspondence with leading intellectuals of her time.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English writer ⓘ
human ⓘ
letter-writer ⓘ
poet ⓘ
burialPlace Lichfield Cathedral ⓘ
correspondedWith Erasmus Darwin ⓘ
Hannah More ⓘ
Samuel Taylor Coleridge ⓘ
Sir Walter Scott ⓘ
Joseph Johnson ⓘ
surface form: William Hayley
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1742-12-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1809-03-25 ⓘ
educatedAt home education ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
familyName Seward ⓘ
father Thomas Seward ⓘ
genre letters ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
sonnet ⓘ
givenName Anna ⓘ
hasInfluenced Romantic poets ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mother Elizabeth Hunter Seward ⓘ
movement Romanticism ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
nickname Swan of Lichfield ⓘ
notableFor Romantic verse ⓘ
epistolary writing ⓘ
literary salons in Lichfield ⓘ
notableWork Colebrook Dale ⓘ
Elegy on Captain Cook ⓘ
Elegy on Captain Cook ⓘ
surface form: Elegy on the Death of Captain Cook

Letters of Anna Seward ⓘ
Llangollen Vale ⓘ
Louisa: A Poetical Novel ⓘ
Monody on Major André ⓘ
Original Sonnets on Various Subjects ⓘ
The Anniversary ⓘ
Grasmere ⓘ
surface form: The Lake of Grasmere

The Poetical Works of Anna Seward ⓘ
occupation letter-writer ⓘ
poet ⓘ
writer ⓘ
participantIn Lichfield literary circle ⓘ
placeOfBirth Derbyshire ⓘ
Eyam ⓘ
placeOfDeath Lichfield ⓘ
Staffordshire ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
residence Lichfield ⓘ
Lichfield Cathedral ⓘ
surface form: The Close, Lichfield Cathedral
sexOrGender female ⓘ
workPeriod 18th century ⓘ
early 19th century ⓘ

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