Laura's Dream; or, The Moonlanders

TitleLaura's Dream; or, The Moonlanders
Year for Search1816
Authors[Trench], [Melesina(Chenevix) St. George](1768-1832)
Pagination47 pp.
Date Published1816
PublisherPtd. For J. Hatcher
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsFemale author, Irish author
Annotation

A poem in two cantos describing the moon where people are born old and grow young. Traditional gender roles.  The men can fly, the woman can’t. Notes to the text on 45-47. 

Additional Publishers

Rpt. in Science Fiction Studies, no. 101 (34.1) (March 2007): 1-18.

URLhttps://historicaltexts.jisc.ac.uk/bl-002087615
Holding Institutions

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Author Note

Irish female author (1768-1832).

Full Text

1816 [Trench, Melesina (Chenevix) St. George] (1768-1832). Laura’s Dream; or, The Moonlanders. London: Ptd. For J. Hatcher. 47 pp. https://historicaltexts.jisc.ac.uk/bl-002087615 Rpt in Science Fiction Studies, no. 101 (34.1) (March 2007): 1-18. L, O

A poem in two cantos describing the moon where people are born old and grow young. Traditional gender roles.  The men can fly, the woman can’t. Notes to the text on 45-47. Irish female author.