Maria Abdy
Maria Abdy, née Smith (25 February 1797 - 19 July 1867) was an English poet.[1]
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[edit] Life
[edit] Early life
Maria Abdy was born in London,[1] the daughter and first-born child of Richard Smith, a solicitor, and Maria Smith, sister to James and Horace Smith, authors of the comedy book Rejected Addresses (1812).
[edit] Marriage
Maria Abdy had a love for science, but she would become frustrated with mysteries she didn't understand.[citation needed] She married John Channing Abdy, a clergyman who succeeded his father as rector of St John's, Southwark. John Channing Abdy and Maria Abdy had at least one boy before she was widowed in the 1830s. She died on 19 July 1867 in Margate.[1]
[edit] Poems
Several of her religious poems were intended to be sung as hymns. She also published poetry in periodicals, such as the New Monthly Magazine and the Metropolitan Magazine, and annuals such as The Keepsake and the Book of Beauty. She often signed her name M.A. Many of Maria's subjects involved circumstances in modern life. Most of her work was instructional, but she could also be very clever because of the influence of her uncles.[citation needed] Her comic pieces were successful and imaginative. Maria Abdy died on 19 July in 1867.
[edit] Works
- Poetry, 1834 (as Mrs Abdy)
- Poetry, 2nd series, 1838
- Poetry, 3rd series
- Poetry, 4th series
- Poetry, 5th series
- Poetry, 6th series
- Poetry, 7th series
- Poetry, 8th series, 1862
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Susan Brown, Patricia Clements & Isobel Grundy, Maria Abdy, Orlando: Women's Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present, 2006-2011. Accessed 13 February 2011.
- Virginia H. Blain, ‘Abdy , Maria (c.1800–1867)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Oct 2007, accessed 5 Feb 2008
- Feldman, Paula R. British Women Poets of the Romantic Era: An Anthology. JHU Press, 1997,pp. 1–5.
[edit] External links
- Index of Maria Abdy's Contributions to British Literary Annuals
- Works by or about Maria Abdy in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
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