Title
Herbert, Dorothea
Description
Bibliographic Dictionary Entry
Date
1770-1829
Creator
O'Toole, Tina
Source
Munster Women Writers Project, University College Cork
Publisher
Women in Irish Society Project, University College Cork
Rights
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Coverage
Munster, Ireland, 1800-2000
Format
Text
Relation
Language
en
Type
Text
Subject
Herbert, Dorothea
Contributor
O'Toole, Tina
Birth Date
ca 1770
Death Date
1829
Birthplace
Carrick-on-Suir, Co Tipperary
Biographical Text
Born c.1770 (she is not entirely honest about her age) in Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary, the daughter of a prosperous clergyman. Her memoir/autobiography Retrospections tells the story of her failed love affair and subsequent madness. Her work, unpublished in its own period, also gives a very detailed account of the day-to-day life of a country parsonage, and the friends and family who form their circle. Her own title for the work was
Retrospections of an Outcast Or the Life of Dorothea Herbert Authoress of The Orphan Plays and Various Poems and Novels In Four Volumes Written in Retirement Volume the Fourth Adorned with Cuts.
The original manuscript is held in Trinity College, Dublin. This is her only extant work, published posthumously.
Retrospections of an Outcast Or the Life of Dorothea Herbert Authoress of The Orphan Plays and Various Poems and Novels In Four Volumes Written in Retirement Volume the Fourth Adorned with Cuts.
The original manuscript is held in Trinity College, Dublin. This is her only extant work, published posthumously.
Bibliography
Retrospections of Dorothea Herbert. Publisher: Townhouse, 1988
Writing Genre
Memoirs
Poetry
Diaries