Catharine Long
Lady Catharine Long (née Walpole; 1797 – 30 August 1867) was an English novelist and religious writer of the 19th century.[1]
Biography
Catherine Long was the youngest daughter of Horatio Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford, and his wife Sophia Churchill.[1] She married Henry-Lawes Long of Hampton Lodge, Surrey, 22 July 1822. She died suddenly - according to the Dictionary of National Biography - "from alarm in a thunderstorm" on 30 August 1867, leaving seven daughters (one of whom, Charlotte Caroline Georgina Long, married Henry Howard) and a son. She engaged in much literary work, chiefly in the way of religious fiction, and published some pieces of sacred music.[2]
Literary anaysis
Long's first work, Sir Roland Ashton, a Tale of the Times, was a religious novel directed against the tractarian movement.[2] Stevens notes that Long reflected on contemporary concerns about the morality and aesthetics of the use of the novel form for religious subject-matter in her preface to the book, but notes that "Long's notion of novel writing being 'in God's hands' with the author as a kind of amanuensis, was one that was becoming increasingly familiar as the century wore on".[3]
Works
Her works are:[2]
- Sir Roland Ashton, a Tale of the Times, London 1844, 8vo
- Midsummer Souvenir, Thoughts Original and Selected, 1846, 32mo.
- An Agnus Dei for four or five voices, 1848.
- Christmas Souvenir, 1848, 32mo.
- Heavenly Thoughts for Morning Hours, 1851, 18mo.
- Heavenly Thoughts for Evening Hours, Lond. 1856, 18mo.
- The Story of a Drop of Water, Lond. 1856.
- First Lieutenant's Story, Lond. 1856, 12mo.
- The Story of a Specific Prayer, Lond. 1863.
- Herein is Joy, selections from Morning and Evening Thoughts.
- He is not Dead, he cannot Die, in memory of Prince Albert, words and music.
- For Wounds like these, Christ is the only Cure, set to music.
References
- 1 2 Stephan, Megan A. "Long, Lady Catharine". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/16961. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- 1 2 3 Pollard 1893.
- ↑ Stevens 2010, pp. 84-85.
- Works cited
- Pollard, Albert Frederick (1893). "Long, Catharine". In Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography. 34. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- Stevens, Jennifer (2010). The Historical Jesus and the Literary Imagination, 1860-1920. Liverpool University Press. ISBN 9781846314704.
External links
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- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Pollard, Albert Frederick (1893). "Long, Catharine". In Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography. 34. London: Smith, Elder & Co.