Elizabeth Moody

Mary Waters (Wichita State University)

Ed. by Janet Todd, University of Cambridge
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.06: English Writing and Culture of the Romantic Period, 1789-1837.
Vol. editors: Daniel Cook (University of Dundee), Daniel Robinson (Widener University), Emily Rohrbach (University of Durham)

Dates

Born Apr 1737
Died 10 Dec 1814
Activity 1777-1808

Places

Born in England
Active in England

Activities

Primary

Literary Critic/ Historian
Poet
Reviewer

Resources

Moody's Works

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Born Elizabeth Greenly, daughter of a wealthy lawyer residing near Kingston, southwest of London, Elizabeth Moody grew up surrounded by a fashionable set that included lawyers, politicians, courtiers, and literary dilettantes. A booklover from an early age, she also attained unusual fluency in French and Italian, and with access to several fine libraries among neighbours and relatives, she was well read in English, French, and Italian literature. For many years she composed and privately circulated verse in a coterie that included poet Edward Lovibond and George Hardinge.

Elizabeth Greenly remained unmarried until 1777, when at age forty she wed the dissenting clergyman Christopher Lake Moody, a literary man whose interests emphasised publication. Soon after Elizabeth Moody began to

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Citation: Waters, Mary. "Elizabeth Moody". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 24 January 2002 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=3170, accessed 22 November 2024.]