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Lydia Huntley Sigourney (1791–1865) was the most widely read and respected pre-Civil War .

Lydia Huntley Sigourney (1791–1865) was the most widely read and respected pre-Civil War American woman poet in the English-speaking world. In a half-century career, Sigourney produced a wide range of poetry and prose envisaging the United States as a new kind of republic with a unique mission in history, in which women like herself had a central role.

Lydia Sigourney book. Paperback, 354 pages. Published August 28th 2008 by Broadview Press Inc (first published 2008). 1551116200 (ISBN13: 9781551116204).

Lydia Sigourney: Selected Poetry and Prose. Gary Kelly Ed. Peterborough: Broadview Press, 2008. The Heath Anthology of American Literature's article about Lydia Sigourney. Niagara Falls Poetry Project - Sigourney poems. The Victorian Web: Lydia Sigourney. ISBN 978-1-55111-620-4. Sigourney correspondence at Mount Holyoke College.

Written by: Lydia Sigourney. Publication Date: August 28, 2008. ISBN: 9781551116204, 1551116200. When Edgar Allan Poe wrote to Lydia Huntley Sigourney that his magazine would not be complete without a poem by her, he correctly gauged his reader’s interest.

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In 1815 Sigourney published her first book, Moral Pieces in Prose and Verse Her poetry frequently engages Native American and anti-slavery concerns within a religious context, and often takes the form of elegy

In 1815 Sigourney published her first book, Moral Pieces in Prose and Verse. In 1819 she married Charles Sigourney, a wealthy widower with three children. They settled in Hartford and had five children, three of whom died in infancy. Her husband encouraged her to devote her time to writing, but requested that she publish her work anonymously. She did so until 1833, when the family encountered financial hardship. Her poetry frequently engages Native American and anti-slavery concerns within a religious context, and often takes the form of elegy.

Lydia Huntley Sigourney (1791-1865) was the most widely read and respected pre-Civil War .

Lydia Huntley Sigourney (1791-1865) was the most widely read and respected pre-Civil War American woman poet in the English-speaking world. In a halfcentury career, Sigourney produced a wide range of poetry and prose envisaging the United States as a new kind of republic with a unique mission in history, one in which women like herself had a central role.