Agnes Strickland

Agnes Strickland  foi una historiadora y poeta inglesa.

 Biografía 
Fía de Thomas Strickland de Reydon Hall, Suffolk, Agnes foi educada pol so padre, y empezó la so carrera lliteraria con un poema, Worcester Field (Campu de Worcester), depués siguiólu The Seven Ages of Woman (Los Siete Edaes de la Muyer) y Demetrius. Abandonando la poesía, produció, ente otros trabayos,, Historical Tales of Illustrious British Children (1833), The Pilgrims of Walsingham (1835), Tales and Stories from History (1836). Sicasí les sos obres principales fueron Lives of the Queens of England from the Norman Conquest, and Lives of the Queens of Scotland, and English Princesses, etc.. (8 vols., 1850–1859), Lives of the Bachelor Kings of England (1861), y Letters of Mary Queen of Scots, nes cualos foi asistida pola so hermana Elisabeth. Les investigaciones de Strickland fueron series y minucioses, y los sos trabayos constitúin una fonte inda bien útil, sicasí nun exerció la oxetividá a la qu'aspiren los historiadores modernos. La mayoría de les investigaciones históriques y de los escritos de les hermanes Strickland realmente fueron realizaes por Elisabeth. Sicasí, Elisabeth evitó tola publicidá y Agnes presentóse como l'autora. 

Otros dos hermanes de Agnes tamién fueron escritores, Susanna Moodie y Catharine Parr Traill, quien son conocíes polos sos trabayos sobre los pioneros del antiguu Canadá, onde emigraron los sos homes en 1832.

 Obres 
 Biografíes 
 Lives of the Queens of England. 12 vols., 1840–1848
 The Letters of Mary Queen of Scots. 1842-1843
 Lives of the Queens of Scotland and English Princesses Connected with the Regal Succession of Great Britain. 8 Vols., 1851–1859
 Lives of the Bachelor Kings of England. 1861
 The Lives of the Seven Bishops Committed to the Tower in 1688. Enriched and Illustrated with Personal Letters, Now First Published, from the Bodleian Library. 1866
 Lives of the Tudor Princesses, Including Lady Jane Gray and Her Sisters. 1868
 Lives of the Last Four Princesses of the Royal House of Stuart. 1872

 Llibros pa neños 
 The Moss-House: In Which Many of the Works of Nature Are Rendered a Source of Amusement to Children. 1822
 The Tell-Tell. 1823
 The Aviary; Or, An Agreeable Visit. Intended for Children. 1824
 The Use of Sight: Or, I Wish I Were Julia : Intended for the Amusement and Instruction of Children. 1824
 The Little Tradesman, or, A Peep into English Industry. 1824
 The Young Emigrant. 1826
 The Rival Crusoes, or, The Shipwreck: Also A Voyage to Norway; and The Fisherman's Cottage : Founded on Facts. 1826
 The Juvenile Forget Me Not; Or, Cabinet of Entertainment and Instruction. 1827
 Historic Tales of Illustrious British Children. 1833
 Tales of the School Room. 1835
 Tales and Stories From History. 1836
 Alda, the British Captive. 1841

 Referencies 

 "Stickland, Agnes." British Authors of the Nineteenth Century H. W. Wilson Company, New York, 1936.
 WorldCat.org Accessed June 29, 2007
 "Strickland, Agnes". Dictionary of National Biography. Londres: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

Atribución
Esti artículu incorpora testu traducíu d'una publicación en dominiu públicu de la entrada "Strickland, Agnes" en: Cousin, John William (1910). A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. Londres, J. M. Dent & Sons; New York, Y. P. Dutton.

 Enllaces esternos 


 Lives of the Queens of England, Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16


Categoría:Escritores de Londres
Categoría:Historiadores d'Inglaterra
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