Hannah More 1745 1833 English writer Introduction Hannah

Hannah More (1745 -1833) English writer

Introduction Hannah More 1745 – 1833) was an English religious writer, Romantic and philanthropist. She provides an indispensable link between the Georgian and Victorian periods. She can be said to have made three reputations in the course of her long life: as a poet and playwright in the circle of Johnson, Reynolds and Garrick, as a writer on moral and religious subjects, and as a practical philanthropist.

Her birth and life v. Hannah More was born in (1745 -1833) the village of Fishponds in Gloucestershire the fourth of five daughters of a schoolmaster, Jacob More, and his wife, Mary Grace More v. Hannah More became a pupil in her father’s school when she was twelve years old. v. She was keen to learn, and possessed a sharp intellect - she was assiduous in studying and, according to family tradition, began writing at an early age. [1]

Early Career Hannah More's first literary efforts were pastoral plays, written while she was teaching at the school and first being written in 1762 under the title of (The Search after Happiness)by the mid-1780 s over 10, 000 copies had been sold. In 1767 More gave up her share in the school after becoming engaged to William Turner who was twenty years her senior, postponed their wedding three times.

Playwright In 1773 the engagement was broken off; . As compensation, Hannah More was induced to accept a £ 200 annuity from Turner. This set her free for literary pursuits, in the winter of 1773– 74 she went to London in the company of her sisters, Sarah and Martha – Within a short time More had associated herself with London's literary elite, She also became one of the foremost members of the Bluestocking group of women engaged in polite conversation and literary and intellectual pursuits,

Evangelical moralist v. Hannah More published Sacred Dramas in 1782 and it rapidly ran through nineteen editions. v. These and the poems (Bas-Bleu) and (Florio) (1786) mark her gradual transition to more serious views of life, v(1790). By this point she was intimate with William Wilberforce and Zachary Macaulay. v. She published a poem on Slavery in 1788, and was for many years a friend of Beilby Porteus, Bishop of London , who drew her into the group of prominent campaigners against the slave trade

More as philanthropist One of the leading philanthropists of her day, More was an active campaigner for education for the poor. Together with her sister Martha, she established more than twelve schools by 1800 (Sunday schools). More also donated money to Bishop Philander Chase for the founding of Kenyon College. She died on 7 September 1833. She is buried at Church of All Saint.

Popular Poems of More

A Riddle by Hannah More I'm a strange contraction; I'm new, and I'm old, I'm often in tatteres, and oft decked with gold. Though I could never read, yet lettered I'm found; Though blind, I enlighten; though loose, I am bound, I'm always in black, and I'm always in white; I'm grave and I'm gay, I am heavy and light-In form too, I differ--I'm thick and I'm thin, I've no flesh and bones, yet I'm covered with skin; I've more points than the compass, more stops than the flute; I sing without voice, without speaking confute. I'm English, I'm German, I'm French, and I'm Dutch; Some love me too fondly, some slight me too much; I often die soon, though I sometimes live ages, And no monarch alive has so many pages.

A Riddle It's a classical sad poem on different rhythm and non-uniform. Poet used many images of alliteration, photography, embodiment, and the irony: the poet describe herself as a tomb and she just a skin does not contain meat or bone. Also used the emotional senses, such as ( blind thick and thin - singing ) The imagery take the reader to imagine that the poet has no identity and makes him feel sad and disappointment and disperse

Conclusion Hannah More was one of the best known philanthropists of her day. Her development of Sunday schooling with her sister Martha; her employment of popular tracts; and her broader literary activities mark her out as an important figure. She was one of the first women to achieve this sort of visibility. ‘In an age when avenues into any sphere outside the home were being closed,

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