Posthumous Fame and Local Celebrity: The Campaign to Erect the Hemans Memorial

• Published in: Women's writing : the Elizabethan to Victorian period Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. 448 - 465
• Main Author: O'Connell, Michelle
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 03.07.2022; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: canon; Celebrities; Hemans; memorial; poetess; posthumous fame; Victorian period

This essay traces the late-Victorian campaign to erect a monument to Felicia Hemans in Liverpool, the city of her birth. The campaign was conducted through reports and correspondence in the liberal newspaper, the Liverpool Mercury, which itself supported the campaign. Drawing on recent critical work...