Sophia Louisa Little (1799-1893)[1] was an American poet and miscellaneous writer.
Life[]
Little was born Sophia Louisa Robbins in Newport, Rhode Island , the daughter of Mary (Ellery) and U.S. senator Asher Robbins, an attorney.[2] She married William Little, Jr. of Boston in 1824.[3] The couple had 3 children.[2]
Her earliest published poem, on "Thanksgiving," appeared in a Boston gift book.[2] Under the pen name of "Rowena," she contributed to periodicals and published several books in verse and prose and verse, including an imitation of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. She was active in the antislavery and temperance movements.[3]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- The Last Days of Jesus: A poem. Pawtucket, RI: 1839.
- The Birth, Last Days, and Resurrection of Jesus: Three poems. Pawtucket, RI: privately published, 1841.
- The Annunciation and Birth of Jesus. 1842.[3]
- The Pilgrim's Progress in the Last Days. 1843.[3]
- Pentacost. Newport, RI: Davis & Pitman's Steam Printing Press, 1869.
- The Last Days of Jesus, and other poems New York: privately published, 1889.
Plays[]
- The Betrothed / The Branded Hand. 1844.[3]
- The Branded Hand: A dramatic sketch commemorative of the tragedies at the South, in the winter of 1844-5. Pawtucket, RI: R.W. Potter, 1845.
Novels[]
- Thrice through the Furnace: A tale of the times of the iron hoof. Pawtucket, RI: A.W. Pearce, 1852.
- The Reveille; or, Our music at dawn. (3 volumes), Providence, RI: B.T. Albro, 1854.
Non-fiction[]
- Massacre at Fort Griswold and Burning of New London, Sept. 6, 1781 (by "a lady eighty-two years of age"). 1881.[3]
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[4]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ Little, Sophia L. (Sophia Louisa), 1799-1893, VIAF, OLCL Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Aug. 8, 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Preview, Little, Sophia Louisa Robbins, American National Biography Online, Oxford Index. Web, July 7, 2018.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Sophia Little (1799-1893), English Poetry, 1579-1830, Center for Applied Technologies in the Humanities, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. Web, Aug. 8, 2016.
- ↑ Search results = au:Sophia Little, WorldCat, OLCL Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Aug. 8, 2016.
External links[]
- Poems
- Books
- Sophia Louisa Little at Internet Archive
- Sophia Louisa Little at Amazon.com
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