Word: orinda
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...book has small interest to the lovers of biography, for it is primarily intended for students of the history of literature. The Matchless Orinda led the uninteresting life of wife of a country gentleman of that period and died before she had even reached her prime. Of the small details of her life, which would be necessary to create an attractive biography there remain almost none. Dr. Souers has been forced to reconstruct a large part of her life from her letters and sporadic poems...
...students of Seventeenth Century English literature the publication of this book on the life and works of Katherine Philips by Dr. Souers will come as a welcome event. Orinda (this was the enchanting pseudonym under which Mrs. Philips went) was considered worthy by her age to be called the matchless, but posterity has not been so indulgent with its favor and consequently a reliable copy of her writings is now very rare. In his critical study of the poetess the author has included all of the important products of her none-too-fluent pen, especially her highly interesting letters...
...addition to being England's first poetess Orinda can claim attention as being one of the leaders of a new literary movement growing out of the transitional period during the time of the Commonwealth. Daughter of a Puritan and wife of a Puritan, she was, nevertheless, a Cavalier at heart and remained secretly loyal during the Commonwealth. Thus she carried the tradition of the earlier Cavalier poets over to the Restoration, soon after which she began to reap the praise of her contemporaries, including Dryden. The Matchless Orinda has now settled to her proper classification as one of the better...
...complete, accurate and well written. The volume never becomes boring even for the layman. The true merit of it, however comes in its value as a reference book for the student of that literary period. In addition to an exceedingly copious bibliography, the letters to Poliarchus are invaluable. Although Orinda did not reflect the life of the times in her writings as much as did her contemporary, Pepys, she unconsciously drew a revealing picture of herself and consequently of her times...
...MATCHLESS ORINDA...