Elizabeth Anne Le Noir | |
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| 誕生 | エリザベス・アン・スマート 1755年頃ロンドン、イズリントン |
| 死去 | 1841年5月6日(85~86歳) イギリス、キャバーシャム修道院 |
| 職業 | 小説家、詩人 |
| 国籍 | イギリス |
| 配偶者 | ジョン・バティスト・ル・ノワール (m. 1795; died 1835) |
Elizabeth Anne Le Noir (née Smart; c. 1755 – 6 May 1841) was an English female poet, novelist, and feminist from the romantic period.[1] Raised in a widowed home, Le Noir became interested in literature through opportunities she was given by her mother's step-father; John Newbery. After being employed at the Reading Mercury for some time, Le Noir and her sister eventually inherited it. Le Noir soon became the wife of Jean Baptiste Le Noir, from whom she got her last name. Although she didn't have any children of her own, she educated two of her female relatives. Although Le Noir had many great works, "[s]he is probably better known as the daughter of the famous religious poet Christopher Smart."[1][2]
In 1755, Elizabeth Anne Le Smart was born in Islington, London as the daughter of English poet Christopher Smart and Anna Maria Carnan.[1] Elizabeth was born into a household with her parents and sister Mary Anne Smart. Due to her father's failing career, Smart was unable to provide enough of an income to support the family. During the 1760s, Christopher Smart began to be labeled as an insane alcoholic and became incapable of caring for his wife and children. He was soon admitted into St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics as a "Curable Patient". In 1768 Smart was eventually confined permanently for insanity and later died at the King's Bench Prison in 1771. While Elizabeth Anne's father was imprisoned, she, her mother and sister settled in Reading, Berkshire in 1792 with her mother's step-father John Newbery who cared for them. An English publisher, Newbery once supported the works of Christopher Smart, and employed the three women at the Reading Mercury, which he owned. Elizabeth Anne and her sister later inherited the publication.[1]
1795年、エリザベス・アンはフランス移民のジョン・バティスト・ル・ノワールと結婚した。[ 1 ] 二人はレディングに定住し、バティストはフランス語教師として働き、エリザベス・アンは家事と家族2人の教育を行った。[ 1 ]ル・ノワールの母親は幼少期を通して、彼女が作家になることを望んでいなかった。[ 1 ]
ル・ノワールは幼い頃から文章を書くことに親しみ、深い関心を抱き、多くの詩や小説を出版しました。[ 3 ]他者との差別化を図るため、ル・ノワールは芸術的な背景を持つ小説の中に詩を散りばめました。[ 1 ]彼女の作品は非常に美しく、メアリー・ラッセル・ミットフォードは「とても面白くて読み続けざるを得ず、手放せなくなるタイプの小説」と評しました。[ 4 ]ル・ノワールの作品は、彼女の小説を読んだ多くの人々から賞賛されました。例えば、 1803年に書かれた彼女の最初の小説『村の逸話』を称賛したバーニー博士は、彼に捧げられました。[ 3 ]
彼女の作品には以下が含まれる:[ 1 ]
エリザベス・アン・ル・ノワールは1841年5月6日、キャバーシャムの修道院で86歳で亡くなりました。彼女は夫より6年長生きしました。夫は80歳で亡くなりました。[ 4 ]