Mary Robinson
English actress, poet, and novelist known as Perdita who wrote Sappho and Phaon, a series of Shakespearean sonnets. She was a significant literary figure in the 1790s.
Works
- Poems
- Sappho and PhaonLyric transformation of classical myth depicting Sappho's unrequited love for Phaon
- Lyrical TalesCollection of narrative and lyric poems exploring love, loss, and female experience
- Thoughts on the Condition of WomenFeminist treatise examining the social, economic, and intellectual status of women