Mary O'Brien (writer) explained

Mary O'Brien
Other Names:	Mrs. Patrick O'Brien
Nationality:	Irish

Mary O'Brien (fl. 1785 – 1790), was an Irish poet and playwright who wrote during and about the Regency period.

Biography

Very little is known about the personal life of Mary O'Brien except that she was the wife of Patrick O'Brien Esq. as she wrote both under her name and as Mrs Patrick O'Brien. She was in favour of Irish economic independence and an independent Irish parliament as well as being a supporter of Charles James Fox and Richard Brinsley Sheridan. She believed that George III should be replaced by a Regent while he was unwell. O'Brien hoped that this would also remove William Pitt from his position. Her work was considered satyrical and political. She wrote poetry and plays.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]}

Bibliography

• The political monitor; or Regent's friend, (1790)
• The Fallen Patriot, (1794)
• Charles Henley
• The pious incendiaries, (1785)

Notes and References

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4. Book: Dyer, G. . British Satire and the Politics of Style, 1789-1832 . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge Studies in Romanticism . 2006 . 2006 . 978-0-521-02744-1 . 2019-10-15 . 212.
5. Book: Schirmer, G.A. . Out of What Began: A History of Irish Poetry in English . Cornell University Press . 2019 . 978-1-5017-4481-5 . 2019-10-15 . 56.
6. Book: Behrendt, S.C. . British Women Poets and the Romantic Writing Community . Johns Hopkins University Press . British Women Poets and the Romantic Writing Community . 2009 . 978-0-8018-9508-1 . 2019-10-15 . 61.
7. Book: Sage . L. . Sage . P.E.L.L. . Lorna . S. . Greer . G. . Showalter . E. . Thomson Gale (Firm) . The Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English . Cambridge University Press . Gale virtual reference library . 1999 . 978-0-521-66813-2 . registration . 2019-10-15 . 476.
8. Book: Duran, A. . A Concise Companion to Milton . Wiley . Concise Companions to Literature and Culture . 2016 . 978-1-4443-9380-4 . 2019-10-15 . 53.
9. Web site: Mary O'Brien . Ricorso . 2019-10-15.
10. Book: Sihra, M. . Women in Irish Drama: A Century of Authorship and Representation . Palgrave Macmillan UK . Performance Interventions . 2007 . 978-0-230-80145-5 . 2019-10-15 . 221.
11. Book: Deane . S. . Bourke . A. . Carpenter . A. . Williams . J. . The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing . New York University Press . The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing . v. 5 . 2002 . 978-0-8147-9907-9 . 2019-10-15 . 774.