Jennings in 1870

Amelia Clotilda Jennings (died 1895) was a Canadian poet and novelist who wrote under the pseudonyms Maude Alma and Mileta.[1] Jennings was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia in a family of a dry-goods merchant and died in Montreal.[1][2] She published a number of poems, fictionalized letters, and novels, many relating to her native province.[1] Her books include poetry collection Linden Rhymes (1854), "tale and poem" The White Rose in Acadia and Autumn in Nova Scotia (1855), novel Isabel Leicester (1874), and poetry collection North Mountain, near Grand-Pré (1883).[3][2][4][1]

She wrote a poem about Sarah Curran called "Sarah Curran's Song."[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Davies, Gwendolyn (1990). "Jennings, Amelia Clotilda". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XII (1891–1900) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
  2. 1 2 James, Charles Canniff (1899). A Bibliography of Canadian Poetry (English). W. Briggs. pp. 30. The White Rose in Acadia and Autumn in Nova Scotia.
  3. ↑ Gerson, Carole (2011-05-24). Canadian Women in Print, 1750–1918. Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. p. 53. ISBN 9781554582396.
  4. ↑ Alma, Maude (1874). Isabel Leicester a romance. CIHM/ICMH Microfiche series = CIHM/ICMH collection de microfiches ;no. 09988. Hamilton, Ont.?: s.n.] ISBN 0665099886.
  5. ↑ Linden rhymes [microform]. 1854. ISBN 9780665479328.


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