Why Ann Yearsley? n n n Picked at random Date seemed to fit with schedule Glad to have picked because of her importance to patronage and working class poetry
Yearsley In Demaria: On Mrs. Montagu n n n Published in Poems on Various Occasions (1785) Addressed to Elizabeth Montagu, friend of Hannah More. Very angry Obvious jab at Hannah More Example: lines 12 -19 Disguised in the poem
Life After Hannah More/Death(con’t) n “There are currently no modern editions of her play, Earl Goodwin, performed in 1789, and published in 1791, or her novel The Royal Captives(1795)[. . . ] “ (Andrews 91).
A Poem on the Inhumanity of the Slave Trade n “For Ann Yearsley, the very act of contributing to the abolitionist argument demonstrated her right to be part of a wider literary culture and, as such continued her textual rivalry with More” (Andrews 100).
Yearsley In Demaria: To Indifference n n n Published in Poems On Various Subjects (1787) Touches on sensibility Least favorite poem in the textbook Rambling Do like last lines of poem (43 -47) Symbolizes her departure from More
Yearsley In Demaria: To those who accuse the Author of Ingratitude n n Published in Poems on Various Subjects (1787) Comments on public’s criticism of her poetry after patronage with Hannah More Example: lines 33 -40 Expresses her wishes of public writing and how they were crushed by a dismayed public