Hannah More, along with her four sisters, was taught by their father after he lost a lawsuit, along with a large amount of money. She was an student of a girl's school in Bristol that was opened by her eldest sister Mary. A pupil of the school, she became a teacher upon graduating. The first play she wrote was for the girls at the school to perform at the age of seventeen, called, 'The Search After Happiness'.
How did Hannah become a poet?
She was always closely involved with the Theatre Royal, Bristol, but her work truly started when she was a teacher. She wrote plays for the girls to perform before moving on to London, in order to write plays for the Coven Garden Theater.
What is one of Hannah's most famous poems, and why is it famous or how did it become famous?
What literary time period is Hannah considered to be apart of?
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What were the circumstances of your poets death?
What was some of their other work? What did it relate to?
One of Hannah's popular manuscripts was the 'Bas Bleu' in 1784. It was popular amongst high class ladies, as it described the 'blue-stocking group' which was a group of intelligent ladies, with whom Hannah was a member of said group. It was through this publishing that Hannah met the the wisest women known as Mrs. Montagu, one of many respectable ladies Hannah met after the publishing of 'Bas Bleu'
Did they have any jobs before becoming an author?
She was a teacher, and social reformer. One of the earliest writings by Hannah was done when she was teaching at her eldest sister, and father's school, a play for the students to partake in. She was a soon writing plays in London until one of her plays failed leading to her social reform. She converted to Christianity and began writing about religious and moral subjects, such as slavery. She was in a group known as the "Blue Stocking Group" which was a intellectual and social group for