Clemence Housman
Clemence Housman (23 November 1861– 6 December 1955) was an author, illustrator and activist in the womens’ suffrage movement. She was the sister of A. E. Housman and Laurence Housman. She was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire.[1] Her novels included The Were-Wolf, Unknown Sea and The Life Of Sir Aglovale De Galis.[2] She was also a leading figure in the Suffragette movement.[3]
HP Lovecraft said of the Were-Wolf that it: “attains a high degree of gruesome tension and achieves to some extent the atmosphere of authentic folklore”.[4]
Works
Illustrator
References
- ^ Elizabeth Crawford, ‘Housman, Clemence Annie (1861–1955)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 7 Feb 2011
- ^ Open Library page for Clemence Housman
- ^ Sandra Stanley Holton (1996), Suffrage days, London: Routledge, ISBN 0415109418, 0415109418, http://openlibrary.org/books/OL805990M/Suffrage_days
- ^ Supernatural Horror in Literature; The Weird Tradition in the British Isles, HP Lovecraft
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| Persondata |
| Name |
Housman, Clemence |
| Alternative names |
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| Short description |
Author and illustrator |
| Date of birth |
23 November 1861 |
| Place of birth |
Bromsgrove |
| Date of death |
6 December 1955 |
| Place of death |
Mount Avalon, Glastonbury |