Hannah Lynch

Hannah Lynch
Born 25 March 1859
Dublin, Ireland
Died 9 January 1904
Paris, France
Pen name Hannah Lynch
Occupation Writer
Nationality Irish

Hannah Lynch (25 March 1859-9 January 1904) was an Irish feminist, novelist, journalist and translator.

Life

Hannah Lynch was born in Dublin on 25 March 1859. Her father died when she was young. Her mother was married twice. Her father was a committed, non-violent Fenian. Lynch herself grew up in a very female house with her mother, Anna Theresa Calderwood, ten sisters and half sisters. Her stepfather was James Cantwell who, also a Fenian, ran the Star and Garter Hotel. After finishing school Lynch worked as a sub-editor for a provincial paper and as a governess in Europe.[1][2]

A nationalist like her two fathers, Lynch was an executive member of the Ladies Land League and was as a result, closely associated with Fanny Parnell. She wrote extensively producing short stories and satirical sketches as well as being the author of Land War fiction, travel writing, translations, and literary criticism. Her satirical pieces included “A Dublin Literary Coterie Sketched by a Non-Pretentious Observer” (1888) and “My Friend Arcanieva” (1895). Lynch published William O'Brien's paper United Ireland from France once it was suppressed in Ireland.[3] She disagreed with Yeats on the literary merit of Emily Lawless, calling her work "highly polished literary stories".[4][5][6][7][8][1][9][2]

Lynch published across Ireland, the UK and from Paris. By 1896, Lynch had settled in Paris, having also lived in both Spain and Greece. She spoke Greek and French. Lynch then returned to lecture in Ireland[4] and was a part of the Paris salons of the Belle Epoque as well as the Irish Literary Revival in Dublin. She was friends with the historian, biographer and literary critic "Arvède Barine" (Louise-Cécile Vincens), the writers Mabel and Mary Robinson, and the medievalist Gaston Paris. Her work however did not bring significant income and Lynch was forced to apply to the Royal Literary Fund for help on multiple occasions. Eventually it had a toll on her health. She spent time in hospital in Margate in 1903.[7][8][9] She died in Paris in 1904.[8]

Bibliography

Fiction

  • Defeated: A Tale [Beeton's Christmas Annual] (London: London : Ward, Lock & Co. 1885])
  • Through Troubled Waters: A Novel (London: Ward, Lock & Co. [1886])
  • The Princes of the Glades: A Novel, 2 vols. (London1891)
  • George Meredith: A Study (London: Metheun & Co. 1891)
  • Rosni Harvey: A Novel, 3 vols. (London: Chapman & Hall 1892)
  • Daughters of Men: A Novel (London: William Heinemann 1892)
  • Denys D'Auvrillac: A Story of French Life (London 1896)
  • Dr. Vermont's Fantasy and Other Stories (London: London : J.M. Dent & Co. 1896)
  • Jinny Blake: A Tale (London: J. M. Dent & Co. 1897)
  • An Odd Experiment (London: Methuen & Co., 1897)
  • Clare Monro: The Story of a Mother and Daughter [Milne's Express Ser.] (London: J. Milne [1896])
  • Autobiography of a Child (Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons 1899)

Translations

  • The History of Florence under the Domination of Cosimo, Piero, Lorenzo de' Médicis, 1434-1492, by F.-T Perrens Vol. 1, (London: Methuen & Co. 1892)
  • The History of Florence from the Domination of the Medici to the Fall of the Republic: 1434-1531, by F.-T. Perrens(London: Methuen & Co. 1892),
  • The Great Galeoto. Folly or Saintliness. Two plays done from the verse of José Echegaray(London: John Lane 1895)
  • Toledo: The Story of an Old Spanish Capital, illustrated by Helen M. James [Mediaeval Town Ser.] (London: J. M. Dent & Co. 1898)
  • French Life in Town and Country [Our Neighbours Ser.] (London: Dawson 1901)
  • Mediæval French Literature, by Gaston Paris [Temple Primers] (London 1903), 15cm.


References

  1. 1 2 Tina O'Toole (12 July 2013). The Irish New Woman. Springer. pp. 167–. ISBN 978-1-137-34913-2.
  2. 1 2 "Hannah Lynch entry: Life".
  3. ↑ "Hannah Lynch". Oxford.
  4. 1 2 Kathryn Laing. ""Hannah Lynch and Narratives of the Irish Literary Revival."". New Hibernia Review 20, no. 1 (2016): 42-57. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Hannah Lynch". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  6. ↑ Binckes, F.; Laing, K. (2011). "'A Forgotten Franco-Irish Literary Network: Hannah Lynch, Arvède Barine and Salon Culture of Fin-de-Siècle Paris'". Études Irlandaises, Vol. 36 (2). pp. 157–171.
  7. 1 2 Binckes, Faith; Laing, Kathryn (2012). "Irish Autobiographical Fiction and Hannah Lynch's Autobiography of a Child". English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920. 55. pp. 195–218.
  8. 1 2 3 "Bio of Hannah Lynch". Ricorso.
  9. 1 2 Holly A. Laird (6 October 2016). The History of British Women's Writing, 1880-1920: Volume Seven. Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 26–. ISBN 978-1-137-39380-7.

Further reading

  • Damian Atkinson (26 April 2016). The Selected Letters of Katharine Tynan: Poet and Novelist. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 46–. ISBN 978-1-4438-9301-5.
  • Elke D'hoker; Raphaël Ingelbien (2010). Irish Women Writers: New Critical Perspectives. Peter Lang. pp. 130–. ISBN 978-3-0343-0249-4.
  • Anna Pilz; Whitney Standlee (March 2018). Irish Women's Writing, 1878-1922. Oxford University Press. pp. 113–. ISBN 978-1-5261-2711-2.
  • Damian Atkinson (11 June 2018). The Selected Letters of Charles Whibley: Scholar and Critic. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 69–. ISBN 978-1-5275-1294-8.
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