Emilia Aylmer Blake, also known as Emilia Aylmer Gowing, (1846–1905) was a British dramatist, novelist and poet. Blake was born in

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lawyer. She was educated in England and France.Catherine W. Reilly, ''Mid-Victorian poetry, 1860–1879: an annotated biobibliography'', Continuum International Publishing Group, (2000) She became known for her recitations and her poetry written for recitation, including her dramatic poem about heroine

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. In 1877, Blake married actor William Gowing.

Works

* ''France Discrowned and other poems'', Chapman and Hall, London, (1874) * ''The Jewel Reputation'' * ''My Only Love'' (1880) * ''The Cithern Poems for Recitation'' (1886) * ''An Unruly Spirit'', V.F. White, London. (1890) * ''Boadicea, a play in four acts'', K. Paul, Trench, Trübner, London, (1899)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Blake, Emilia Aylmer 1846 births 1905 deaths Writers from Bath, Somerset English women dramatists and playwrights English women novelists English women poets 19th-century English poets 19th-century English novelists 19th-century English dramatists and playwrights 19th-century English women writers