Dorothea Herbert

Dorothea Herbert (c.1767–1829) was an Irish diarist and poet. Her Retrospections, (original title: Retrospections of an Outcast, or the Reflections of Dorothea Herbert written in Retirement)[1] first published in two volumes in 1929-30, contain local accounts of life in the late eighteenth century, but are soon overshadowed by her unrequited passion for John Roe, heir to Rockwell near Knockgrafton, another of her father's parishes.[2][3]

Dorothea Herbert
NationalityIrish
Known forDiarist and poet
Notable work
Retrospections
Parent(s)Nicholas Herbert

She was the eldest daughter of Rev. Nicholas Herbert, rector of Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, Ireland. In spite of increasing isolation, depression and derangement,[4] she wrote plays, novels and an opera, none of which can be accounted for.[5][6] Her Volume of Poetry, however, has survived; it, along with her Journal Notes (a continuation of her Retrospections), have been published as a biography by historian Dr. Frances Finnegan.[7]

References
  1. Finnegan (2011) p 193
  2. "Dorothea Herbert - Aristocratic Socialite 1770-1829". carrickonsuir.info. 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  3. Ransome, Arthur (9 March 1930). "Review of Retrospections of Dorothea Herbert". The Observer. p. 9.
  4. Harte, Liam (2018). A history of Irish autobiography. Cambridge University Press. pp. 59–60. ISBN 9781108548458.
  5. Finnegan (2011) pp 4–5
  6. Hourican, Bridget (October 2009). "Herbert, Dorothea". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. doi:10.3318/dib.003954.v1. Retrieved 14 April 2022. …the gradual descent of the robust, amusing girl to the melancholic, hysterical spinster…
  7. Finnegan, Frances (2011). Introspections : the poetry & private world of Dorothea Herbert. Piltown, Co. Kilkenny: Congrave Press. ISBN 9780954092115.

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