Sarah Bridges Stebbins, a Philadelphian better known under the pen name Sallie Bridges
(1830-1910), was an American poet, best known today for her adaptations of
Arthurian legend
The Matter of Britain (; ; ; ) is the body of medieval literature and legendary material associated with Great Britain and Brittany and the legendary kings and heroes associated with it, particularly King Arthur. The 12th-century writer Geoffr ...
.
Writing career
Bridges's ''Marble Isle'' (1864) is a collection of poetic adaptations from
Thomas Malory
Sir Thomas Malory was an English writer, the author of ''Le Morte d'Arthur'', the classic English-language chronicle of the Arthurian legend, compiled and in most cases translated from French sources. The most popular version of ''Le Morte d'A ...
's ''
Le Morte d'Arthur
' (originally written as '; Anglo-Norman French for "The Death of Arthur") is a 15th-century Middle English prose reworking by Sir Thomas Malory of tales about the legendary King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Merlin and the Knights of the ...
''. According to Daniel Helbert, she is the first American writer "to truly ''adapt'' and ''interpret'' Malory's text as a comprehensive literary enterprise".
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''Annals of a Baby'', was first published anonymously in 1877 and was written by John Habberton. (See: ]John Habberton
John Habberton (February 24, 1842 – February 24, 1921) was an American author and journalist.
Biography
He was born at Brooklyn, New York, and educated in the public schools of Illinois, where he went to live with an uncle after his father d ...
) It is a humorous look at motherhood and family life; it tells of the birth and growth of a nameless baby in a world of stock characters--the Young Mother, the Young Aunties, the Fat Nurse, etc. The book was published in the "Helen's Babies" series.
Bibliography
Poetry
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References
External links
''Marble Isle'' (1864)
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1830 births
1910 deaths
19th-century American poets
American women poets
Poets from Philadelphia