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Elinor Morton Wylie née Hoyt (September 7, 1885 – December 16, 1928) was an American
United States

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 poet
Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry....
 and novelist who was popular before World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
.

e was born in Somerville, New Jersey
Somerville, New Jersey

Somerville is a Borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 12,423....
. Her grandfather, Henry M. Hoyt
Henry M. Hoyt

Henry Martyn Hoyt was Governor of Pennsylvania from 1879 to 1883, as well as a general in the Union army during the American Civil War....
, was a governor
Governor

A governor is a governing official, usually the Executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state. In federations, a governor may be the title of each appointed or elected politician who governs a constitutive state....
 of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
; she was raised in this socially prominent family in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
 Her aunt was Helen Hoyt
Helen Hoyt

Helen Lyman commonly known as Helen Hoyt or Helen Hoyt Lyman was an United States poet....
, a minor poet. In 1912, she graduated from the Holton-Arms School
Holton-Arms School

Holton-Arms is an independent college-preparatory school for girls in grades 3?12, located in Bethesda, Maryland. It is dedicated to ?education not only of the mind, but of the soul and spirit.? The School?s motto is Inveniam viam or ?I will find a way or make one.?...
 in Bethesda, Maryland
Bethesda, Maryland

Bethesda is a census designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, just northwest of Washington, D.C. It takes its name from a local church, the Bethesda Presbyterian Church, built in 1820 and rebuilt in 1850, which in turn took its name from Jerusalem's Pool of Bethesda....
. She eloped with Harvard graduate Philip Simmons Hichborn (September 30, 1882 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population city in the United States. It is the fifth-largest metropolitan area and fourth-largest urban area by population in the United States, the nation's fourth-largest consumer media market as ranked by the Nielsen Media Research, and the 49th-most...
 - 1912) son of a rear-admiral Philip Hichborn (March 4, 1839 in Charlestown, Massachusetts
Charlestown, Massachusetts

Charlestown is a part of the city of Boston, Massachusetts, Massachusetts located on a peninsula north of Boston proper. Charlestown was originally a separate town and the first capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony; it became a city in 1847 and was annexed by Boston on January 5, 1874....
 - 1910), they were married on December 13, 1906.






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Elinor Morton Wylie née Hoyt (September 7, 1885 – December 16, 1928) was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 poet
Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry....
 and novelist who was popular before World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
.

Family

Wylie was born in Somerville, New Jersey
Somerville, New Jersey

Somerville is a Borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 12,423....
. Her grandfather, Henry M. Hoyt
Henry M. Hoyt

Henry Martyn Hoyt was Governor of Pennsylvania from 1879 to 1883, as well as a general in the Union army during the American Civil War....
, was a governor
Governor

A governor is a governing official, usually the Executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state. In federations, a governor may be the title of each appointed or elected politician who governs a constitutive state....
 of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
; she was raised in this socially prominent family in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
 Her aunt was Helen Hoyt
Helen Hoyt

Helen Lyman commonly known as Helen Hoyt or Helen Hoyt Lyman was an United States poet....
, a minor poet. In 1912, she graduated from the Holton-Arms School
Holton-Arms School

Holton-Arms is an independent college-preparatory school for girls in grades 3?12, located in Bethesda, Maryland. It is dedicated to ?education not only of the mind, but of the soul and spirit.? The School?s motto is Inveniam viam or ?I will find a way or make one.?...
 in Bethesda, Maryland
Bethesda, Maryland

Bethesda is a census designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, just northwest of Washington, D.C. It takes its name from a local church, the Bethesda Presbyterian Church, built in 1820 and rebuilt in 1850, which in turn took its name from Jerusalem's Pool of Bethesda....
. She eloped with Harvard graduate Philip Simmons Hichborn (September 30, 1882 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population city in the United States. It is the fifth-largest metropolitan area and fourth-largest urban area by population in the United States, the nation's fourth-largest consumer media market as ranked by the Nielsen Media Research, and the 49th-most...
 - 1912) son of a rear-admiral Philip Hichborn (March 4, 1839 in Charlestown, Massachusetts
Charlestown, Massachusetts

Charlestown is a part of the city of Boston, Massachusetts, Massachusetts located on a peninsula north of Boston proper. Charlestown was originally a separate town and the first capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony; it became a city in 1847 and was annexed by Boston on January 5, 1874....
 - 1910), they were married on December 13, 1906. She later eloped with Horace Wylie while still married to Hichborn. She married three times and had a son Philip Simmons Hichborn, Jr. (September 22, 1907 in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
 - ?) by her first husband. Her last marriage (in 1923) was to William Rose Benét
William Rose Benét

William Rose Ben?t was an American poet, writer, and editor.He was the older brother of Stephen Vincent Ben?t.He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and educated The Albany Academy in Albany, NY and at Yale University....
 (February 2, 1886 in Brooklyn, New York - May 4, 1950) who was part of her literary circle and brother of Stephen Vincent Benet
Stephen Vincent Benét

Stephen Vincent Ben?t was an American author, poet, short story writer, and novelist. Ben?t is best known for his book-length narrative poem of the American Civil War, John Brown's Body , for which he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1929, and for two short stories, The Devil and Daniel Webster and By the Waters of Babylon....
.

Her parents were Henry Martyn Hoyt (December 1856 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Wilkes-Barre is a city in Northeastern Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, United States. It is the county seat of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania and the central city of the Wyoming Valley....
 - ?) and Anne Morton McMichael (July 31, 1861 in Pa. -?). Their other children were:

  • Henry Martyn Hoyt (May 8, 1887 in Pa. - 1920 in New York City
    New York City

    The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
    ) who married Alice Gordon Parker (January 27, 1885 in Newark, New Jersey
    Newark, New Jersey

    Newark is the largest City in New Jersey, and the county seat of Essex County, New Jersey. Newark has a population of 281,402, making it not only List of Municipalities in New Jersey but also the 65th List of United States cities by population Newark is also home to major corporations, such as Prudential Financial....
     - 1951)
  • Constance A. Hoyt (May 20, 1889 in Pa. - 1923 in Bavaria
    Bavaria

    Bavaria , with an area of and almost 12.5 million inhabitants, is a region located in the southeast of Germany and is the largest States of Germany of Germany by area....
    , Germany
    Germany

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    ) who married Ferdinand von Stumm-Halberg on March 30, 1910 in Washington, D.C.
    Washington, D.C.

    Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
  • Morton McMichael Hoyt (April 4, 1899 in Washington, D.C.
    Washington, D.C.

    Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
     - ?), three times married and divorced Eugenia Bankhead, known as "Sister" and sister of Tallulah Bankhead
    Tallulah Bankhead

    Tallulah Brockman Bankhead was an United States actress, talk-show host and wikt:bon vivant....
  • Nancy McMichael Hoyt (October 01, 1902 in Washington, D.C - ?) romance novelist who wrote Elinor Wylie: The Portrait of an Unknown Woman (1935). She married Edward Davison Curtis, they divorced in 1932.


Career

Talented in several arts, she was torn between painting and writing, but her position inside Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
 literary circles, particularly with John Dos Passos
John Dos Passos

John Roderigo Dos Passos was an American novelist and artist....
 and Edmund Wilson
Edmund Wilson

Edmund Wilson was an United States writer and literary criticism. Most experts considered Wilson the preeminent American literary critic of his day....
, encouraged her writing efforts. She wrote eight novels and several books of poetry. Her first book, Incidental Numbers (1912), was published privately in England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
. The first of her books to bring her recognition was her first official collection of poetry, Nets to Catch the Wind (1921). She was named literary editor of Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair (magazine)

Vanity Fair is an American magazine of culture, fashion, and politics published by Cond? Nast Publications....
 magazine in 1922.

Her other volumes of poetry include: Black Armour (1923), Trivial Breath (1928), Angels and Earthly Creatures (1929), and Collected Poems of Elinor Wylie (1932). Wylie's literary interests are largely conservative and formal, as demonstrated by her preoccupation with the sonnet
Sonnet

The sonnet is one of the Poetry that can be found in lyric poetry from Europe.The term "sonnet" derives from the Occitan word sonet and the Italian language word sonetto, both meaning "little song"....
. Heavily influenced by 16th and 17th century English poetics, Wylie also shares the Romantics' infatuation with nature and fantasy.

Her last novel, Orphan Angel (1926) explores what Percy Bysshe Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley

Percy Bysshe Shelley was one of the major England Romantic poets and is widely considered to be among the finest Lyric poetry in the English language....
's life would have been like if he had escaped his early death and moved to America.

Works

  • Angels and Earthly Creatures
  • Black Armour
  • Collected Poems
  • Collected Prose
  • Incidental numbers
  • Last Poems of Elinor Wylie
  • Mortal Image
  • Nets to Catch the Wind
  • Prophecy
  • Selected Works of Elinor Wylie
  • Trivial Breath


Novels

  • Jennifer Lorn: A Sedate Extravaganza (1923)
  • The Venetian Glass Nephew (1925)
  • The Orphan Angel (1926)
  • Mr. Hodge and Mr. Hazard (1928)


External links

  • at Poemtree.com
  • at Poet's Corner