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Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930. Online exhibition
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14th November, 2016
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Kinship and creativity are natural companions. As a child, Charlotte Brontë invented the imaginary world of Angria with her brother Branwell. William Wordsworth borrowed from his sister Dorothy’s diary to create one of the most famous poems in English. Long before Charles Darwin studied the fertilisation of orchids, his grandfather Erasmus wrote poetry about the loves of plants. Dante Rossetti created lavish illustrations to accompany his sister Christina’s volumes of poems. <br />Far from being a simple, solitary process, the creation of a poem or painting is inevitably collaborative. <em>Keeping it in the Family. British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930</em> considers the family as an essential, if often overlooked, element of creative production. It presents the stories of talented families working (and sometimes quarrelling) together in creating some of the most remarkable literary, artistic, and scientific works of the long 19th century. Many of the families, like the Wordsworths and the Brontës, are well known; others, like the Hunts and Porters, were famous in the past, but deserve a new look. In some cases, the family connections are surprising. <br />There is a familial element to the exhibition itself: many of the works come from collections gifted to the University of Otago by cousins Charles Brasch and Esmond de Beer. Furthermore, the Hocken Library and the Dunedin Public Library have generously lent rare material, allowing us to tell a more complex story of the role of kinship in creative production. <em>Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations 1770-1930</em> is made possible by the generous support of the Royal New Zealand Marsden Fund.
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A Treatise on the Blood, Inflammation, and Gun-shot Wounds
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John Hunter
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1794
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Monro Collection M140
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Books
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London: Printed by John Richardson
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John Hunter (1728-1793) and his older brother William (1718-1783) revolutionised medical education by focusing on the necessity for first-hand experience with human cadavers. While William mixed with high society, John dealt with the ‘resurrection men’ who provided a steady supply of bodies for anatomy demonstrations. His experiences as a surgeon in the Seven Years’ War (1756–63) provided the basis for his most important work, <em>A Treatise on the Blood</em>.
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Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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14th November, 2016
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Kinship and creativity are natural companions. As a child, Charlotte Brontë invented the imaginary world of Angria with her brother Branwell. William Wordsworth borrowed from his sister Dorothy’s diary to create one of the most famous poems in English. Long before Charles Darwin studied the fertilisation of orchids, his grandfather Erasmus wrote poetry about the loves of plants. Dante Rossetti created lavish illustrations to accompany his sister Christina’s volumes of poems. <br />Far from being a simple, solitary process, the creation of a poem or painting is inevitably collaborative. <em>Keeping it in the Family. British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930</em> considers the family as an essential, if often overlooked, element of creative production. It presents the stories of talented families working (and sometimes quarrelling) together in creating some of the most remarkable literary, artistic, and scientific works of the long 19th century. Many of the families, like the Wordsworths and the Brontës, are well known; others, like the Hunts and Porters, were famous in the past, but deserve a new look. In some cases, the family connections are surprising. <br />There is a familial element to the exhibition itself: many of the works come from collections gifted to the University of Otago by cousins Charles Brasch and Esmond de Beer. Furthermore, the Hocken Library and the Dunedin Public Library have generously lent rare material, allowing us to tell a more complex story of the role of kinship in creative production. <em>Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations 1770-1930</em> is made possible by the generous support of the Royal New Zealand Marsden Fund.
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Notes from Mr Hunter's Lectures on Surgery
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[Anon.]
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[1790]
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Monro Collection A13
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Manuscripts
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Unpublished
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John Hunter was not as celebrated an instructor as his older brother, William, but students nevertheless recorded his lectures with great care, as this journal of extensive notes attests.
Both brothers were great collectors: William’s donations to Glasgow University formed the basis of their Hunterian Museum, while John’s collections survive in London at the Royal College of Surgeons.
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Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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14th November, 2016
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Kinship and creativity are natural companions. As a child, Charlotte Brontë invented the imaginary world of Angria with her brother Branwell. William Wordsworth borrowed from his sister Dorothy’s diary to create one of the most famous poems in English. Long before Charles Darwin studied the fertilisation of orchids, his grandfather Erasmus wrote poetry about the loves of plants. Dante Rossetti created lavish illustrations to accompany his sister Christina’s volumes of poems. <br />Far from being a simple, solitary process, the creation of a poem or painting is inevitably collaborative. <em>Keeping it in the Family. British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930</em> considers the family as an essential, if often overlooked, element of creative production. It presents the stories of talented families working (and sometimes quarrelling) together in creating some of the most remarkable literary, artistic, and scientific works of the long 19th century. Many of the families, like the Wordsworths and the Brontës, are well known; others, like the Hunts and Porters, were famous in the past, but deserve a new look. In some cases, the family connections are surprising. <br />There is a familial element to the exhibition itself: many of the works come from collections gifted to the University of Otago by cousins Charles Brasch and Esmond de Beer. Furthermore, the Hocken Library and the Dunedin Public Library have generously lent rare material, allowing us to tell a more complex story of the role of kinship in creative production. <em>Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations 1770-1930</em> is made possible by the generous support of the Royal New Zealand Marsden Fund.
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Poems
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Mrs John Hunter
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1802
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de Beer Eb 1802 H
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Books
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London: Printed for T. Payne
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When poet Anne Home married the surgeon John Hunter in 1771, many considered it an odd match: John was gruff and impatient, while Anne was admired for her sensitive lyrics. But it seems to have been a successful relationship. In later years ‘Mrs John Hunter’ collaborated with the composer Franz Joseph Haydn on a number of English songs. Many of the poems in her 1802 collection celebrated her son, a future soldier. She also introduced her niece, playwright Joanna Baillie, to London society.
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Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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14th November, 2016
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Kinship and creativity are natural companions. As a child, Charlotte Brontë invented the imaginary world of Angria with her brother Branwell. William Wordsworth borrowed from his sister Dorothy’s diary to create one of the most famous poems in English. Long before Charles Darwin studied the fertilisation of orchids, his grandfather Erasmus wrote poetry about the loves of plants. Dante Rossetti created lavish illustrations to accompany his sister Christina’s volumes of poems. <br />Far from being a simple, solitary process, the creation of a poem or painting is inevitably collaborative. <em>Keeping it in the Family. British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930</em> considers the family as an essential, if often overlooked, element of creative production. It presents the stories of talented families working (and sometimes quarrelling) together in creating some of the most remarkable literary, artistic, and scientific works of the long 19th century. Many of the families, like the Wordsworths and the Brontës, are well known; others, like the Hunts and Porters, were famous in the past, but deserve a new look. In some cases, the family connections are surprising. <br />There is a familial element to the exhibition itself: many of the works come from collections gifted to the University of Otago by cousins Charles Brasch and Esmond de Beer. Furthermore, the Hocken Library and the Dunedin Public Library have generously lent rare material, allowing us to tell a more complex story of the role of kinship in creative production. <em>Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations 1770-1930</em> is made possible by the generous support of the Royal New Zealand Marsden Fund.
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A Series of Engravings, Accompanied with Explanations, which are Intended to Illustrate the Morbid Anatomy of some of the Most Important Parts of the Human Body; Divided into Ten Fasciculi
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Matthew Baillie
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1803
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Medical Historical Collection QS 17 BB56
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Books
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London: Printed by W Bulmer and Co.
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Born in Lanarkshire, physician Matthew Baillie (1761-1823) was a nephew of John and William Hunter. John was one of his teachers, and he inherited William’s home and medical school in London. His patients included Lord Byron and Walter Scott, and he eventually became Physician in Ordinary to George III. Matthew is best known for his work on ‘morbid anatomy’, the study of diseased tissues and organs.
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Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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14th November, 2016
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Special Collections; various
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Kinship and creativity are natural companions. As a child, Charlotte Brontë invented the imaginary world of Angria with her brother Branwell. William Wordsworth borrowed from his sister Dorothy’s diary to create one of the most famous poems in English. Long before Charles Darwin studied the fertilisation of orchids, his grandfather Erasmus wrote poetry about the loves of plants. Dante Rossetti created lavish illustrations to accompany his sister Christina’s volumes of poems. <br />Far from being a simple, solitary process, the creation of a poem or painting is inevitably collaborative. <em>Keeping it in the Family. British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930</em> considers the family as an essential, if often overlooked, element of creative production. It presents the stories of talented families working (and sometimes quarrelling) together in creating some of the most remarkable literary, artistic, and scientific works of the long 19th century. Many of the families, like the Wordsworths and the Brontës, are well known; others, like the Hunts and Porters, were famous in the past, but deserve a new look. In some cases, the family connections are surprising. <br />There is a familial element to the exhibition itself: many of the works come from collections gifted to the University of Otago by cousins Charles Brasch and Esmond de Beer. Furthermore, the Hocken Library and the Dunedin Public Library have generously lent rare material, allowing us to tell a more complex story of the role of kinship in creative production. <em>Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations 1770-1930</em> is made possible by the generous support of the Royal New Zealand Marsden Fund.
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A Series of Plays. Volume I
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Joanna Baillie
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1800
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Private Collection
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Books
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London: Printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies
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When the first volume of <em>A Series of Plays</em> appeared in 1798, it caused a stir. Who was the author of this striking work? Some thought it must be the leading writer of the day, Walter Scott. The author was revealed in the third edition as Joanna Baillie (1762-1851), a niece of John and William Hunter. While her uncles and brother Matthew explored human anatomy, Joanna explored the varieties of human passions.
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Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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14th November, 2016
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Kinship and creativity are natural companions. As a child, Charlotte Brontë invented the imaginary world of Angria with her brother Branwell. William Wordsworth borrowed from his sister Dorothy’s diary to create one of the most famous poems in English. Long before Charles Darwin studied the fertilisation of orchids, his grandfather Erasmus wrote poetry about the loves of plants. Dante Rossetti created lavish illustrations to accompany his sister Christina’s volumes of poems. <br />Far from being a simple, solitary process, the creation of a poem or painting is inevitably collaborative. <em>Keeping it in the Family. British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930</em> considers the family as an essential, if often overlooked, element of creative production. It presents the stories of talented families working (and sometimes quarrelling) together in creating some of the most remarkable literary, artistic, and scientific works of the long 19th century. Many of the families, like the Wordsworths and the Brontës, are well known; others, like the Hunts and Porters, were famous in the past, but deserve a new look. In some cases, the family connections are surprising. <br />There is a familial element to the exhibition itself: many of the works come from collections gifted to the University of Otago by cousins Charles Brasch and Esmond de Beer. Furthermore, the Hocken Library and the Dunedin Public Library have generously lent rare material, allowing us to tell a more complex story of the role of kinship in creative production. <em>Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations 1770-1930</em> is made possible by the generous support of the Royal New Zealand Marsden Fund.
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A Series of Plays. Volume II
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Joanna Baillie
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1802
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Private Collection
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Books
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London: Printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies
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Joanna Baillie's dedication to her brother, Matthew, in the second volume of her <em>Series of Plays</em>, suggests their closeness and perhaps points to the influence of his medical studies on her own analyses of human nature.
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Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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14th November, 2016
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Special Collections; various
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Kinship and creativity are natural companions. As a child, Charlotte Brontë invented the imaginary world of Angria with her brother Branwell. William Wordsworth borrowed from his sister Dorothy’s diary to create one of the most famous poems in English. Long before Charles Darwin studied the fertilisation of orchids, his grandfather Erasmus wrote poetry about the loves of plants. Dante Rossetti created lavish illustrations to accompany his sister Christina’s volumes of poems. <br />Far from being a simple, solitary process, the creation of a poem or painting is inevitably collaborative. <em>Keeping it in the Family. British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930</em> considers the family as an essential, if often overlooked, element of creative production. It presents the stories of talented families working (and sometimes quarrelling) together in creating some of the most remarkable literary, artistic, and scientific works of the long 19th century. Many of the families, like the Wordsworths and the Brontës, are well known; others, like the Hunts and Porters, were famous in the past, but deserve a new look. In some cases, the family connections are surprising. <br />There is a familial element to the exhibition itself: many of the works come from collections gifted to the University of Otago by cousins Charles Brasch and Esmond de Beer. Furthermore, the Hocken Library and the Dunedin Public Library have generously lent rare material, allowing us to tell a more complex story of the role of kinship in creative production. <em>Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations 1770-1930</em> is made possible by the generous support of the Royal New Zealand Marsden Fund.
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The Botanic Garden; A Poem in Two Parts
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[Erasmus Darwin]
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1791
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de Beer Ec 1791 D, copy 2
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Books
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London: Printed for J. Johnson
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Poet and botanist Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802) united his professional pursuits in the two works that comprise <em>The Botanic Garden</em>: ‘The Loves of the Plants’, a versification of Linnaean classifications, and ‘Economy of Vegetation’, a reflection on contemporary scientific theories. Darwin incorporated extensive scientific learning into his poetry and in the accompanying notes. His insights into natural history and evolutionary thought anticipated the theory of natural selection of his grandson, Charles Darwin.
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Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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14th November, 2016
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Special Collections; various
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Kinship and creativity are natural companions. As a child, Charlotte Brontë invented the imaginary world of Angria with her brother Branwell. William Wordsworth borrowed from his sister Dorothy’s diary to create one of the most famous poems in English. Long before Charles Darwin studied the fertilisation of orchids, his grandfather Erasmus wrote poetry about the loves of plants. Dante Rossetti created lavish illustrations to accompany his sister Christina’s volumes of poems. <br />Far from being a simple, solitary process, the creation of a poem or painting is inevitably collaborative. <em>Keeping it in the Family. British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930</em> considers the family as an essential, if often overlooked, element of creative production. It presents the stories of talented families working (and sometimes quarrelling) together in creating some of the most remarkable literary, artistic, and scientific works of the long 19th century. Many of the families, like the Wordsworths and the Brontës, are well known; others, like the Hunts and Porters, were famous in the past, but deserve a new look. In some cases, the family connections are surprising. <br />There is a familial element to the exhibition itself: many of the works come from collections gifted to the University of Otago by cousins Charles Brasch and Esmond de Beer. Furthermore, the Hocken Library and the Dunedin Public Library have generously lent rare material, allowing us to tell a more complex story of the role of kinship in creative production. <em>Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations 1770-1930</em> is made possible by the generous support of the Royal New Zealand Marsden Fund.
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Emma Wedgwood Darwin
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George Richmond
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1840
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Wikipedia
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Portraits
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Unpublished
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Naturalist Charles Darwin (1809-1882) was born into the influential Darwin-Wedgwood family. His paternal grandfather was poet Erasmus Darwin; his maternal grandfather was master potter Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795). Members of the Wedgwood family were prominent abolitionists, and their renowned pottery business remained in the family for five generations. Somewhat surprisingly, given his own genetic research, Charles Darwin married his first cousin, Emma Wedgwood (1808-1896). Other notable members of the Darwin-Wedgwood family include eugenicist Francis Galton (1822-1911) and composer Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958).
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Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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14th November, 2016
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Special Collections; various
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Kinship and creativity are natural companions. As a child, Charlotte Brontë invented the imaginary world of Angria with her brother Branwell. William Wordsworth borrowed from his sister Dorothy’s diary to create one of the most famous poems in English. Long before Charles Darwin studied the fertilisation of orchids, his grandfather Erasmus wrote poetry about the loves of plants. Dante Rossetti created lavish illustrations to accompany his sister Christina’s volumes of poems. <br />Far from being a simple, solitary process, the creation of a poem or painting is inevitably collaborative. <em>Keeping it in the Family. British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930</em> considers the family as an essential, if often overlooked, element of creative production. It presents the stories of talented families working (and sometimes quarrelling) together in creating some of the most remarkable literary, artistic, and scientific works of the long 19th century. Many of the families, like the Wordsworths and the Brontës, are well known; others, like the Hunts and Porters, were famous in the past, but deserve a new look. In some cases, the family connections are surprising. <br />There is a familial element to the exhibition itself: many of the works come from collections gifted to the University of Otago by cousins Charles Brasch and Esmond de Beer. Furthermore, the Hocken Library and the Dunedin Public Library have generously lent rare material, allowing us to tell a more complex story of the role of kinship in creative production. <em>Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations 1770-1930</em> is made possible by the generous support of the Royal New Zealand Marsden Fund.
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Letter to Dr John Denny
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Charles Darwin
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9 July 1872
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de Beer MS55
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Manuscripts
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Unpublished
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Family connections were paramount for the Darwin-Wedgwood family. It is therefore no surprise that Charles Darwin, writing to English physician and horticulturalist Dr John Denny, uses terminology of family structures to discuss geranium breeding: ‘With respect to transmittance of character, when both parents are of equally good constitution, I shd expect from what little I know that different rules wd hold in difft families’.
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Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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14th November, 2016
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Special Collections; various
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Kinship and creativity are natural companions. As a child, Charlotte Brontë invented the imaginary world of Angria with her brother Branwell. William Wordsworth borrowed from his sister Dorothy’s diary to create one of the most famous poems in English. Long before Charles Darwin studied the fertilisation of orchids, his grandfather Erasmus wrote poetry about the loves of plants. Dante Rossetti created lavish illustrations to accompany his sister Christina’s volumes of poems. <br />Far from being a simple, solitary process, the creation of a poem or painting is inevitably collaborative. <em>Keeping it in the Family. British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930</em> considers the family as an essential, if often overlooked, element of creative production. It presents the stories of talented families working (and sometimes quarrelling) together in creating some of the most remarkable literary, artistic, and scientific works of the long 19th century. Many of the families, like the Wordsworths and the Brontës, are well known; others, like the Hunts and Porters, were famous in the past, but deserve a new look. In some cases, the family connections are surprising. <br />There is a familial element to the exhibition itself: many of the works come from collections gifted to the University of Otago by cousins Charles Brasch and Esmond de Beer. Furthermore, the Hocken Library and the Dunedin Public Library have generously lent rare material, allowing us to tell a more complex story of the role of kinship in creative production. <em>Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations 1770-1930</em> is made possible by the generous support of the Royal New Zealand Marsden Fund.
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The Power of Movement in Plants
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Charles Darwin (assisted by Francis Darwin)
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1880
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Special Collections QK771 D658
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Books
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London: John Murray
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Charles Darwin continued to develop his theory of natural selection first articulated in <em>On the Origin of Species</em> (1859). With his botanist son Francis (1848-1925), he co-authored <em>The Power of Movement in Plants</em>. In addition to his research on botanical genetics, Francis Darwin published <em>Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History</em> (1917), a series of essays that reflected the influences of his family.
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Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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14th November, 2016
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Kinship and creativity are natural companions. As a child, Charlotte Brontë invented the imaginary world of Angria with her brother Branwell. William Wordsworth borrowed from his sister Dorothy’s diary to create one of the most famous poems in English. Long before Charles Darwin studied the fertilisation of orchids, his grandfather Erasmus wrote poetry about the loves of plants. Dante Rossetti created lavish illustrations to accompany his sister Christina’s volumes of poems. <br />Far from being a simple, solitary process, the creation of a poem or painting is inevitably collaborative. <em>Keeping it in the Family. British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930</em> considers the family as an essential, if often overlooked, element of creative production. It presents the stories of talented families working (and sometimes quarrelling) together in creating some of the most remarkable literary, artistic, and scientific works of the long 19th century. Many of the families, like the Wordsworths and the Brontës, are well known; others, like the Hunts and Porters, were famous in the past, but deserve a new look. In some cases, the family connections are surprising. <br />There is a familial element to the exhibition itself: many of the works come from collections gifted to the University of Otago by cousins Charles Brasch and Esmond de Beer. Furthermore, the Hocken Library and the Dunedin Public Library have generously lent rare material, allowing us to tell a more complex story of the role of kinship in creative production. <em>Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations 1770-1930</em> is made possible by the generous support of the Royal New Zealand Marsden Fund.
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Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, and its Influence on Morals and Happiness. Volume I
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William Godwin
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1796
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de Beer Eb 1796 G
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Books
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London: Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson
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The Godwin-Wollstonecraft-Shelley family represents one of the most famous literary coteries of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. At the time of their marriage in 1797, William Godwin (1756-1836) and Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) were well known as politically engaged writers. Godwin’s <em>Political Justice</em> (1793) argues for the inevitable progression of humanity towards governance through reason, and this perspective strongly influenced the political views of his future son-in-law, the poet, Percy Bysshe Shelley.
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Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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14th November, 2016
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Special Collections; various
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Kinship and creativity are natural companions. As a child, Charlotte Brontë invented the imaginary world of Angria with her brother Branwell. William Wordsworth borrowed from his sister Dorothy’s diary to create one of the most famous poems in English. Long before Charles Darwin studied the fertilisation of orchids, his grandfather Erasmus wrote poetry about the loves of plants. Dante Rossetti created lavish illustrations to accompany his sister Christina’s volumes of poems. <br />Far from being a simple, solitary process, the creation of a poem or painting is inevitably collaborative. <em>Keeping it in the Family. British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930</em> considers the family as an essential, if often overlooked, element of creative production. It presents the stories of talented families working (and sometimes quarrelling) together in creating some of the most remarkable literary, artistic, and scientific works of the long 19th century. Many of the families, like the Wordsworths and the Brontës, are well known; others, like the Hunts and Porters, were famous in the past, but deserve a new look. In some cases, the family connections are surprising. <br />There is a familial element to the exhibition itself: many of the works come from collections gifted to the University of Otago by cousins Charles Brasch and Esmond de Beer. Furthermore, the Hocken Library and the Dunedin Public Library have generously lent rare material, allowing us to tell a more complex story of the role of kinship in creative production. <em>Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations 1770-1930</em> is made possible by the generous support of the Royal New Zealand Marsden Fund.
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects. Volume I, third edition
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Mary Wollstonecraft
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1796
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de Beer Eb 1796 W
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Books
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London: Printed for J. Johnson
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Mary Wollstonecraft’s <em>A Vindication of the Rights of Woman</em> (1792) is a founding text of modern feminism. In the decade leading up to this monumental work, Mary helped establish a school for girls and wrote the conduct book <em>Thoughts on the Education of Daughters</em> (1787), and the novel <em>Mary: A Fiction</em> (1788). In all of these works, she argued that women deserved rational educations and greater individual rights in order to be better wives and mothers. But her opportunity to put this philosophy into action was short lived. She died just days after giving birth to her second daughter, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin.
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Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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14th November, 2016
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Special Collections; various
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Kinship and creativity are natural companions. As a child, Charlotte Brontë invented the imaginary world of Angria with her brother Branwell. William Wordsworth borrowed from his sister Dorothy’s diary to create one of the most famous poems in English. Long before Charles Darwin studied the fertilisation of orchids, his grandfather Erasmus wrote poetry about the loves of plants. Dante Rossetti created lavish illustrations to accompany his sister Christina’s volumes of poems. <br />Far from being a simple, solitary process, the creation of a poem or painting is inevitably collaborative. <em>Keeping it in the Family. British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930</em> considers the family as an essential, if often overlooked, element of creative production. It presents the stories of talented families working (and sometimes quarrelling) together in creating some of the most remarkable literary, artistic, and scientific works of the long 19th century. Many of the families, like the Wordsworths and the Brontës, are well known; others, like the Hunts and Porters, were famous in the past, but deserve a new look. In some cases, the family connections are surprising. <br />There is a familial element to the exhibition itself: many of the works come from collections gifted to the University of Otago by cousins Charles Brasch and Esmond de Beer. Furthermore, the Hocken Library and the Dunedin Public Library have generously lent rare material, allowing us to tell a more complex story of the role of kinship in creative production. <em>Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations 1770-1930</em> is made possible by the generous support of the Royal New Zealand Marsden Fund.
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The Cenci: A Tragedy in Five Acts. Second edition
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Percy Bysshe Shelley
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1821
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Special Collections PR5408 A1 1821
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Books
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London: C. and J. Ollier
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Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) married Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin (1797-1851) in 1816, and their writings carried on the political engagement of Mary’s parents. Mary Shelley’s most famous work, <em>Frankenstein</em> (1818), shows the influence of both her parents’ thinking. Percy’s <em>The Cenci</em> uses the lurid story of a sixteenth-century Italian family to address a central human dilemma: should a moral individual employ violence to overthrow tyranny?
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Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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14th November, 2016
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Special Collections; various
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Kinship and creativity are natural companions. As a child, Charlotte Brontë invented the imaginary world of Angria with her brother Branwell. William Wordsworth borrowed from his sister Dorothy’s diary to create one of the most famous poems in English. Long before Charles Darwin studied the fertilisation of orchids, his grandfather Erasmus wrote poetry about the loves of plants. Dante Rossetti created lavish illustrations to accompany his sister Christina’s volumes of poems. <br />Far from being a simple, solitary process, the creation of a poem or painting is inevitably collaborative. <em>Keeping it in the Family. British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930</em> considers the family as an essential, if often overlooked, element of creative production. It presents the stories of talented families working (and sometimes quarrelling) together in creating some of the most remarkable literary, artistic, and scientific works of the long 19th century. Many of the families, like the Wordsworths and the Brontës, are well known; others, like the Hunts and Porters, were famous in the past, but deserve a new look. In some cases, the family connections are surprising. <br />There is a familial element to the exhibition itself: many of the works come from collections gifted to the University of Otago by cousins Charles Brasch and Esmond de Beer. Furthermore, the Hocken Library and the Dunedin Public Library have generously lent rare material, allowing us to tell a more complex story of the role of kinship in creative production. <em>Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations 1770-1930</em> is made possible by the generous support of the Royal New Zealand Marsden Fund.
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Essays, Letters from Abroad, Translations and Fragments. Volume I
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Percy Bysshe Shelley. Edited by Mrs Shelley
Date
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1840
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Special Collections PR5403 S534 1840
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Books
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London: Edward Moxon
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Following Percy Shelley's untimely death at age 29, his widow, Mary Shelley, actively curated her husband’s literary legacy, editing this collection of his essays and correspondence.
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Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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14th November, 2016
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Special Collections; various
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Kinship and creativity are natural companions. As a child, Charlotte Brontë invented the imaginary world of Angria with her brother Branwell. William Wordsworth borrowed from his sister Dorothy’s diary to create one of the most famous poems in English. Long before Charles Darwin studied the fertilisation of orchids, his grandfather Erasmus wrote poetry about the loves of plants. Dante Rossetti created lavish illustrations to accompany his sister Christina’s volumes of poems. <br />Far from being a simple, solitary process, the creation of a poem or painting is inevitably collaborative. <em>Keeping it in the Family. British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930</em> considers the family as an essential, if often overlooked, element of creative production. It presents the stories of talented families working (and sometimes quarrelling) together in creating some of the most remarkable literary, artistic, and scientific works of the long 19th century. Many of the families, like the Wordsworths and the Brontës, are well known; others, like the Hunts and Porters, were famous in the past, but deserve a new look. In some cases, the family connections are surprising. <br />There is a familial element to the exhibition itself: many of the works come from collections gifted to the University of Otago by cousins Charles Brasch and Esmond de Beer. Furthermore, the Hocken Library and the Dunedin Public Library have generously lent rare material, allowing us to tell a more complex story of the role of kinship in creative production. <em>Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations 1770-1930</em> is made possible by the generous support of the Royal New Zealand Marsden Fund.
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Poems
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[Anna Barbauld]
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1773
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de Beer Ec 1773 B
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Books
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London: Printed for Joseph Johnson
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Poet, essayist, and educationist, Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743-1825), was a member of the eighteenth-century Bluestockings, a community of women writers and intellectuals. Barbauld shared an interest in science with her physician-brother, John, as demonstrated in her poem dedicated to Joseph Priestley, ‘The Mouse’s Petition’. This poem, written from the perspective of the mouse found in one of Dr Priestley’s traps, presents a veiled plea for social justice in an oppressive society.
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Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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14th November, 2016
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Special Collections; various
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Kinship and creativity are natural companions. As a child, Charlotte Brontë invented the imaginary world of Angria with her brother Branwell. William Wordsworth borrowed from his sister Dorothy’s diary to create one of the most famous poems in English. Long before Charles Darwin studied the fertilisation of orchids, his grandfather Erasmus wrote poetry about the loves of plants. Dante Rossetti created lavish illustrations to accompany his sister Christina’s volumes of poems. <br />Far from being a simple, solitary process, the creation of a poem or painting is inevitably collaborative. <em>Keeping it in the Family. British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930</em> considers the family as an essential, if often overlooked, element of creative production. It presents the stories of talented families working (and sometimes quarrelling) together in creating some of the most remarkable literary, artistic, and scientific works of the long 19th century. Many of the families, like the Wordsworths and the Brontës, are well known; others, like the Hunts and Porters, were famous in the past, but deserve a new look. In some cases, the family connections are surprising. <br />There is a familial element to the exhibition itself: many of the works come from collections gifted to the University of Otago by cousins Charles Brasch and Esmond de Beer. Furthermore, the Hocken Library and the Dunedin Public Library have generously lent rare material, allowing us to tell a more complex story of the role of kinship in creative production. <em>Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations 1770-1930</em> is made possible by the generous support of the Royal New Zealand Marsden Fund.
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Poems
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John Aikin
Date
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1791
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de Beer Eb 1791 A
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Books
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London: Printed for J. Johnson
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Physician and poet John Aikin (1747-1822) keenly supported the authorial career of his older sister, Anna Laetitia Barbauld. ‘By his persuasion and assistance,’ wrote John’s daughter Lucy Aikin, ‘her Poems were selected, revised, and arranged for publication […] The result more than justified his confidence of her success’. In John’s poem ‘To Mrs Barbauld at Geneva’, the speaker calls on nature to awaken the Muse within ‘my sister and my friend’ and to ‘[p]our thy soft influence through Laetitia’s breast’.
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Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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14th November, 2016
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Special Collections; various
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Kinship and creativity are natural companions. As a child, Charlotte Brontë invented the imaginary world of Angria with her brother Branwell. William Wordsworth borrowed from his sister Dorothy’s diary to create one of the most famous poems in English. Long before Charles Darwin studied the fertilisation of orchids, his grandfather Erasmus wrote poetry about the loves of plants. Dante Rossetti created lavish illustrations to accompany his sister Christina’s volumes of poems. <br />Far from being a simple, solitary process, the creation of a poem or painting is inevitably collaborative. <em>Keeping it in the Family. British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930</em> considers the family as an essential, if often overlooked, element of creative production. It presents the stories of talented families working (and sometimes quarrelling) together in creating some of the most remarkable literary, artistic, and scientific works of the long 19th century. Many of the families, like the Wordsworths and the Brontës, are well known; others, like the Hunts and Porters, were famous in the past, but deserve a new look. In some cases, the family connections are surprising. <br />There is a familial element to the exhibition itself: many of the works come from collections gifted to the University of Otago by cousins Charles Brasch and Esmond de Beer. Furthermore, the Hocken Library and the Dunedin Public Library have generously lent rare material, allowing us to tell a more complex story of the role of kinship in creative production. <em>Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations 1770-1930</em> is made possible by the generous support of the Royal New Zealand Marsden Fund.
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The Works of Anna Laetitia Barbauld. With a Memoir by Lucy Aikin. Volume I
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___
Date
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1825
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Special Collections PR4057 B7 A11 1825
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Books
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London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green
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Lucy Aikin (1781-1864) was a leading historian of the early nineteenth century. Her studies of Elizabeth, Charles I and James I were commercial and critical successes. She also wrote a memoir of her father, John Aikin, and edited the poetry and prose of her aunt, Anna Laetitia Barbauld. Following in the Bluestocking traditions of her aunt, Lucy advocated for women’s education and civil rights, emphasising that the lives and roles of women were essential aspects of world history.
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Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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14th November, 2016
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Special Collections; various
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Kinship and creativity are natural companions. As a child, Charlotte Brontë invented the imaginary world of Angria with her brother Branwell. William Wordsworth borrowed from his sister Dorothy’s diary to create one of the most famous poems in English. Long before Charles Darwin studied the fertilisation of orchids, his grandfather Erasmus wrote poetry about the loves of plants. Dante Rossetti created lavish illustrations to accompany his sister Christina’s volumes of poems. <br />Far from being a simple, solitary process, the creation of a poem or painting is inevitably collaborative. <em>Keeping it in the Family. British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930</em> considers the family as an essential, if often overlooked, element of creative production. It presents the stories of talented families working (and sometimes quarrelling) together in creating some of the most remarkable literary, artistic, and scientific works of the long 19th century. Many of the families, like the Wordsworths and the Brontës, are well known; others, like the Hunts and Porters, were famous in the past, but deserve a new look. In some cases, the family connections are surprising. <br />There is a familial element to the exhibition itself: many of the works come from collections gifted to the University of Otago by cousins Charles Brasch and Esmond de Beer. Furthermore, the Hocken Library and the Dunedin Public Library have generously lent rare material, allowing us to tell a more complex story of the role of kinship in creative production. <em>Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations 1770-1930</em> is made possible by the generous support of the Royal New Zealand Marsden Fund.
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A General History of Music from the Earliest Ages to the Present Period. Volume II
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Charles Burney
Date
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1776
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de Beer Ec 1776 B
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Books
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London: Printed for the Author and sold by J. Robson and G. Robinson
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Musicologist Charles Burney (1726-1814) worked closely with his daughter, Frances, to complete his many essays on music theory and history. Charles was motivated by literary and social success. He valued his reputation very highly, which seems to have influenced his relationship with Frances: he claimed to have read his daughter’s first novel, <em>Evelina (</em>1778), only after it became successful, and even then he approached it ‘with fear & trembling,’ wondering whether 'she c[oul]d write a book worth reading'.
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Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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14th November, 2016
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Special Collections; various
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Kinship and creativity are natural companions. As a child, Charlotte Brontë invented the imaginary world of Angria with her brother Branwell. William Wordsworth borrowed from his sister Dorothy’s diary to create one of the most famous poems in English. Long before Charles Darwin studied the fertilisation of orchids, his grandfather Erasmus wrote poetry about the loves of plants. Dante Rossetti created lavish illustrations to accompany his sister Christina’s volumes of poems. <br />Far from being a simple, solitary process, the creation of a poem or painting is inevitably collaborative. <em>Keeping it in the Family. British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930</em> considers the family as an essential, if often overlooked, element of creative production. It presents the stories of talented families working (and sometimes quarrelling) together in creating some of the most remarkable literary, artistic, and scientific works of the long 19th century. Many of the families, like the Wordsworths and the Brontës, are well known; others, like the Hunts and Porters, were famous in the past, but deserve a new look. In some cases, the family connections are surprising. <br />There is a familial element to the exhibition itself: many of the works come from collections gifted to the University of Otago by cousins Charles Brasch and Esmond de Beer. Furthermore, the Hocken Library and the Dunedin Public Library have generously lent rare material, allowing us to tell a more complex story of the role of kinship in creative production. <em>Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations 1770-1930</em> is made possible by the generous support of the Royal New Zealand Marsden Fund.
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Evelina, or, The History of a Young Lady’s Entrance into the World. Volume III
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[Frances Burney]
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1784
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de Beer Eb 1784 B
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Books
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London: Printed for T. and W. Lowndes
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Frances Burney (1752-1840) is perhaps best remembered for developing the novel of manners, a genre which Jane Austen later made famous. Frances’s wildly successful first novel, <em>Evelina</em> (1778), was written in secret. She told only her brother and sister about her plans to publish her own work. She disguised her handwriting to prevent printers from associating the work with the Burney family.
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Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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14th November, 2016
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Kinship and creativity are natural companions. As a child, Charlotte Brontë invented the imaginary world of Angria with her brother Branwell. William Wordsworth borrowed from his sister Dorothy’s diary to create one of the most famous poems in English. Long before Charles Darwin studied the fertilisation of orchids, his grandfather Erasmus wrote poetry about the loves of plants. Dante Rossetti created lavish illustrations to accompany his sister Christina’s volumes of poems. <br />Far from being a simple, solitary process, the creation of a poem or painting is inevitably collaborative. <em>Keeping it in the Family. British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930</em> considers the family as an essential, if often overlooked, element of creative production. It presents the stories of talented families working (and sometimes quarrelling) together in creating some of the most remarkable literary, artistic, and scientific works of the long 19th century. Many of the families, like the Wordsworths and the Brontës, are well known; others, like the Hunts and Porters, were famous in the past, but deserve a new look. In some cases, the family connections are surprising. <br />There is a familial element to the exhibition itself: many of the works come from collections gifted to the University of Otago by cousins Charles Brasch and Esmond de Beer. Furthermore, the Hocken Library and the Dunedin Public Library have generously lent rare material, allowing us to tell a more complex story of the role of kinship in creative production. <em>Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations 1770-1930</em> is made possible by the generous support of the Royal New Zealand Marsden Fund.
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Practical Education. Volume I
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Maria and R. L. Edgeworth
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1801
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Special Collections LB1025 E69 1801
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Books
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London: Printed for J. Johnson
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The Anglo-Irish writer, Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744-1817), and his daughter Maria (1768-1849) staunchly advocated for children’s literacy. Despite their sometimes disaffected relationship, the father and daughter collaborated on several educational and moralist projects. In his <em>Memoirs</em> (1820) Richard wrote, ‘[Maria] is my pupil, my literary partner, and my friend’. Richard influenced Maria’s novel writing. As a teenager, she recorded her father’s stories about an imagined Irish family, later reworking them into her novel <em>Patronage</em> (1814).
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Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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14th November, 2016
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Special Collections; various
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Kinship and creativity are natural companions. As a child, Charlotte Brontë invented the imaginary world of Angria with her brother Branwell. William Wordsworth borrowed from his sister Dorothy’s diary to create one of the most famous poems in English. Long before Charles Darwin studied the fertilisation of orchids, his grandfather Erasmus wrote poetry about the loves of plants. Dante Rossetti created lavish illustrations to accompany his sister Christina’s volumes of poems. <br />Far from being a simple, solitary process, the creation of a poem or painting is inevitably collaborative. <em>Keeping it in the Family. British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930</em> considers the family as an essential, if often overlooked, element of creative production. It presents the stories of talented families working (and sometimes quarrelling) together in creating some of the most remarkable literary, artistic, and scientific works of the long 19th century. Many of the families, like the Wordsworths and the Brontës, are well known; others, like the Hunts and Porters, were famous in the past, but deserve a new look. In some cases, the family connections are surprising. <br />There is a familial element to the exhibition itself: many of the works come from collections gifted to the University of Otago by cousins Charles Brasch and Esmond de Beer. Furthermore, the Hocken Library and the Dunedin Public Library have generously lent rare material, allowing us to tell a more complex story of the role of kinship in creative production. <em>Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations 1770-1930</em> is made possible by the generous support of the Royal New Zealand Marsden Fund.
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The Scottish Chiefs. A Romance
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Jane Porter
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1856
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Special Collections PR5189 P5 S25 1856
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Books
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New York: D. Appleton and Co.
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Jane Porter (1775-1850) and her sister Anna Maria (1778-1832) were among the most popular British novelists of the early nineteenth century. Jane’s novel<em> The Scottish Chiefs</em> (1810), which offered a romantic retelling of the William Wallace narrative, predated Sir Walter Scott’s Waverley novels. The work was especially popular in the United States, as evidenced here by an illustrated 1856 edition from New York.
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Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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14th November, 2016
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Special Collections; various
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Kinship and creativity are natural companions. As a child, Charlotte Brontë invented the imaginary world of Angria with her brother Branwell. William Wordsworth borrowed from his sister Dorothy’s diary to create one of the most famous poems in English. Long before Charles Darwin studied the fertilisation of orchids, his grandfather Erasmus wrote poetry about the loves of plants. Dante Rossetti created lavish illustrations to accompany his sister Christina’s volumes of poems. <br />Far from being a simple, solitary process, the creation of a poem or painting is inevitably collaborative. <em>Keeping it in the Family. British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930</em> considers the family as an essential, if often overlooked, element of creative production. It presents the stories of talented families working (and sometimes quarrelling) together in creating some of the most remarkable literary, artistic, and scientific works of the long 19th century. Many of the families, like the Wordsworths and the Brontës, are well known; others, like the Hunts and Porters, were famous in the past, but deserve a new look. In some cases, the family connections are surprising. <br />There is a familial element to the exhibition itself: many of the works come from collections gifted to the University of Otago by cousins Charles Brasch and Esmond de Beer. Furthermore, the Hocken Library and the Dunedin Public Library have generously lent rare material, allowing us to tell a more complex story of the role of kinship in creative production. <em>Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations 1770-1930</em> is made possible by the generous support of the Royal New Zealand Marsden Fund.
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The Scottish Chiefs
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Jane Porter
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[1950]
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Private Collection
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Books
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New York: ‘Classics Illustrated’, Strato Publications Ltd., with permission of Gilberton Co., New York
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Jane Porter's work, <em>The Scottish Chiefs </em>(1810), was still popular in the United States long after it was first published, as shown here in this Classics Illustrated comic from 1950.
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Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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14th November, 2016
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Special Collections; various
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Kinship and creativity are natural companions. As a child, Charlotte Brontë invented the imaginary world of Angria with her brother Branwell. William Wordsworth borrowed from his sister Dorothy’s diary to create one of the most famous poems in English. Long before Charles Darwin studied the fertilisation of orchids, his grandfather Erasmus wrote poetry about the loves of plants. Dante Rossetti created lavish illustrations to accompany his sister Christina’s volumes of poems. <br />Far from being a simple, solitary process, the creation of a poem or painting is inevitably collaborative. <em>Keeping it in the Family. British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930</em> considers the family as an essential, if often overlooked, element of creative production. It presents the stories of talented families working (and sometimes quarrelling) together in creating some of the most remarkable literary, artistic, and scientific works of the long 19th century. Many of the families, like the Wordsworths and the Brontës, are well known; others, like the Hunts and Porters, were famous in the past, but deserve a new look. In some cases, the family connections are surprising. <br />There is a familial element to the exhibition itself: many of the works come from collections gifted to the University of Otago by cousins Charles Brasch and Esmond de Beer. Furthermore, the Hocken Library and the Dunedin Public Library have generously lent rare material, allowing us to tell a more complex story of the role of kinship in creative production. <em>Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations 1770-1930</em> is made possible by the generous support of the Royal New Zealand Marsden Fund.
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‘The Chief of the Bashkirs’ from Travelling Sketches in Russia and Sweden during the years 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808. Volume II, second edition
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Robert Ker Porter
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1813
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Private Collection
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Books
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London: Printed for John Stockdale
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Jane’s younger brother, Robert Ker Porter (1777-1842), studied at the Royal Academy under Benjamin West. He counted among his classmates J.M.W. Turner and Thomas Girtin. Robert was best known for his large-scale military panoramas (all now lost), but he also wrote several travelogues that featured engravings after his drawings. This image was created during his travels in Russia and, like Jane Porter’s <em>The Scottish Chiefs</em>, highlights the family’s fascination with military heroism.
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Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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14th November, 2016
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Special Collections; various
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Kinship and creativity are natural companions. As a child, Charlotte Brontë invented the imaginary world of Angria with her brother Branwell. William Wordsworth borrowed from his sister Dorothy’s diary to create one of the most famous poems in English. Long before Charles Darwin studied the fertilisation of orchids, his grandfather Erasmus wrote poetry about the loves of plants. Dante Rossetti created lavish illustrations to accompany his sister Christina’s volumes of poems. <br />Far from being a simple, solitary process, the creation of a poem or painting is inevitably collaborative. <em>Keeping it in the Family. British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930</em> considers the family as an essential, if often overlooked, element of creative production. It presents the stories of talented families working (and sometimes quarrelling) together in creating some of the most remarkable literary, artistic, and scientific works of the long 19th century. Many of the families, like the Wordsworths and the Brontës, are well known; others, like the Hunts and Porters, were famous in the past, but deserve a new look. In some cases, the family connections are surprising. <br />There is a familial element to the exhibition itself: many of the works come from collections gifted to the University of Otago by cousins Charles Brasch and Esmond de Beer. Furthermore, the Hocken Library and the Dunedin Public Library have generously lent rare material, allowing us to tell a more complex story of the role of kinship in creative production. <em>Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations 1770-1930</em> is made possible by the generous support of the Royal New Zealand Marsden Fund.
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Sir Edward Seaward’s Narrative of his Shipwreck, and Consequent Discovery of Certain Islands in the Caribbean Sea…
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William Ogilvie Porter. Edited by Miss Jane Porter
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1831
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Private Collection
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Books
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London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green
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<em>Sir Edward Seaward’s Narrative</em> was a surprise success in 1831. Jane Porter claimed that this Crusoe-style tale was based on an actual, eighteenth-century manuscript lent to her by a friend of the family. Early reviewers assumed that Jane was the actual author and praised her knowledge of the Caribbean. In fact, it was the work of her elder brother, the Bristol doctor William Ogilvie Porter (1774-1850), who had spent part of his youth working in the West Indies.
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Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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14th November, 2016
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Special Collections; various
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Kinship and creativity are natural companions. As a child, Charlotte Brontë invented the imaginary world of Angria with her brother Branwell. William Wordsworth borrowed from his sister Dorothy’s diary to create one of the most famous poems in English. Long before Charles Darwin studied the fertilisation of orchids, his grandfather Erasmus wrote poetry about the loves of plants. Dante Rossetti created lavish illustrations to accompany his sister Christina’s volumes of poems. <br />Far from being a simple, solitary process, the creation of a poem or painting is inevitably collaborative. <em>Keeping it in the Family. British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930</em> considers the family as an essential, if often overlooked, element of creative production. It presents the stories of talented families working (and sometimes quarrelling) together in creating some of the most remarkable literary, artistic, and scientific works of the long 19th century. Many of the families, like the Wordsworths and the Brontës, are well known; others, like the Hunts and Porters, were famous in the past, but deserve a new look. In some cases, the family connections are surprising. <br />There is a familial element to the exhibition itself: many of the works come from collections gifted to the University of Otago by cousins Charles Brasch and Esmond de Beer. Furthermore, the Hocken Library and the Dunedin Public Library have generously lent rare material, allowing us to tell a more complex story of the role of kinship in creative production. <em>Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations 1770-1930</em> is made possible by the generous support of the Royal New Zealand Marsden Fund.
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Select Pieces from the Poems of William Wordsworth
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William Wordsworth
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[1845?]
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Private Collection
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Books
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London: Bradbury and Evans
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John Keats identified William Wordsworth’s poetics as a key example of the ‘egotistical sublime’. But Wordsworth's poetic style was shaped by family relationships. Orphaned at the age of thirteen, Wordsworth (1770-1850) included significant references in his poetry to his sister Dorothy (in ‘Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey’) and to his late brother John (in ‘Elegiac Stanzas’). The magnitude of his debt to Dorothy (1771-1855) only became apparent in the late nineteenth century, when excerpts from her private writings were published. Dorothy’s journal entry for 15 April 1802 offers a skilful and poetic description of the landscape, highlighted by a glorious field of daffodils by a lake. In his famous poem, ‘I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud’, Wordsworth transformed their shared experience into a solitary visitor’s reflection on nature and the power of memory.