Author talk:Isabella Valancy Crawford

Sources

Name: Isabella Valancy Crawford
Birth - Death: 1850-1887
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• Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism. Excerpts from criticism of the works of novelists, philosophers, and other creative writers who died between 1800 and 1899, from the first published critical appraisals to current evaluations. Volume 127. Detroit: Gale Group, 2003. (NinCLC 127) Biography contains portrait.
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• The Poets of Ireland. A biographical and bibliographical dictionary of Irish writers of English verse. By D.J. O'Donoghue. London: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, . 'The Poets of Ireland' begins on page 5. The Appendices begin on page 495. (PoIre)
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