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27/02/2024

Isabella Fyvie Mayo’s “The Girls of Greece”

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Isabella Fyvie Mayo, born in London from Scottish parents, was a widely published poet and author; using the nom de plume “Edward Garrett” she published her stories in serialized form in popular…

21/11/2022

The Greek Maiden and Filial Love in the Dublin University Magazine (1847), Part II

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Part II: “Erotion – A Tale of Ancient Greece” “Erotion – A Tale of Ancient Greece” propels the reader back to the Homeric age and relates a situation of crisis.…

14/11/2022

The Greek Maiden and Filial Love in the Dublin University Magazine (1847)

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Part I: “The Pearl of the Bosphorus – a Tale of the Phanar” In 1847, two Greek-themed short stories were published anonymously in the Dublin University Magazine. The first is…

25/10/2022

Mary Louisa Whately’s “Greek Slave” in Egypt

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In 1870, just after the Cretan Revolt of 1866-1869, Mary Louisa Whately (1824-1889), an English missionary in Egypt, published a story entitled “The Greek Slave,” returning to the figure of…

10/08/2022

Lucy Mary Jane Garnett and Greek Women – Part I

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Lucy Mary Jane Garnett (1849–1934) was a folklorist, ethnographer, and traveller, who travelled extensively in the Balkans and Middle East, recording the customs of the people she visited and publishing…

14/03/2022

“Vasilissa” in The New Monthly Magazine, 1867

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In 1867, a story entitled “Vasilissa”, which was published in The New Monthly Magazine, revisited the Greek War of Independence, centring on the figure of a Greek woman who is…

02/10/2021

Sophia Tricoupis, hostess and “mistress of socio-political diplomacy”

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Daughter of Spyridon Tricoupis, the first Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic in 1833, and sister of the multiply appointed Prime Minister Harilaos Tricoupis (1875-1894), Sophia Tricoupis was born in…

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Isabella Fyvie Mayo’s “The Girls of Greece”

The Greek Maiden and Filial Love in the Dublin University Magazine (1847), Part II

The Greek Maiden and Filial Love in the Dublin University Magazine (1847)

Mary Louisa Whately’s “Greek Slave” in Egypt

Lucy Mary Jane Garnett and Greek Women – Part I

“Vasilissa” in The New Monthly Magazine, 1867

Sophia Tricoupis, hostess and “mistress of socio-political diplomacy”

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