Mrs. (Anna) Jameson

Mrs. (Anna) Jameson
Mrs. Anna Jameson (1794–1860) was a British writer, best known for her contributions to art criticism, travel writing, and feminist thought. Her most notable works include "Sacred and Legendary Art," where she explored religious art, and "Shakespeare's Heroines," a study of Shakespeare's female characters. Jameson's travel writing, such as "Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in Canada," offers keen insights into Canadian life and landscapes. She was also an early advocate for women's rights and made significant contributions to discussions on female education and employment.

Author's Books:


CHARACTERISTICS OF WOMEN. INTRODUCTION. Scene—A Library. ALDA. You will not listen to me? MEDON. I do, with all the deference which befits a gentleman when a lady holds forth on the virtues of her own sex.He is a parricide of his mother's name,And with an impious hand murders her fame,That wrongs the praise of women; that dares writeLibels on saints, or with foul ink requiteThe milk they lent... more...

I. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE EFFIGIES OF THE MADONNA. Through all the most beautiful and precious productions of human genius and human skill which the middle ages and the renaissance have bequeathed to us, we trace, more or less developed, more or less apparent, present in shape before us, or suggested through inevitable associations, one prevailing idea: it is that of an impersonation in the feminine... more...

DIARY OF AN ENNUYÉE. Calais, June 21.—What young lady, travelling for the first time on the Continent, does not write a "Diary?" No sooner have we slept on the shores of France—no sooner are we seated in the gay salon at Dessin's, than we call, like Biddy Fudge, for "French pens and French ink," and forth steps from its case the morocco-bound diary, regularly ruled and paged,... more...