Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea, was an English poet and courtier. Finch wrote in many genres and on many topics - including fables, odes, songs, and religious verse - which are informed by "politi
Portrait miniature by Peter Cross (c. 1690–1700)
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Title page of Miscellany Poems, on Several Occasions, published in 1713.
Katherine Philips
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Katherine or Catherine Philips, also known as "The Matchless Orinda", was an Anglo-Welsh royalist poet, translator, and woman of letters. She achieved renown as a translator of Pierre Corneille's Pomp
Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea
…political ideology, religious orientation, and aesthetic sensibility". Her works also allude to other female authors of the time, such as Aphra Behn and Katherine Phillips. Through her commentary on the mental and spiritual equality of the sexes and the importance of women fulfilling their potential as a moral duty to…
Portrait of Catherine Phillips
Engraving of a bust of Katherine Philips
A page from a manuscript copy of Philips' poetry, c. 1670.