Mary E. Joy
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Mary E. Joy was a British
journalist
and author of numerous books for women. She was the daughter of Thomas Musgrave Joy, a minor artist.
She wrote many books on decoration, dress, and household matters, including The Art of Dress (1879), The Art of Decoration (1881), The Art of Beauty (1883), and The Art of Housekeeping (1889). She also produced several children's books, the best-known of which is Chaucer for Children (1877). She also painted and had several works exhibited at the Royal Academy
. She illustrated both her own books and those of her husband, combining her widespread interest in art, fashion, history, and literature. In her work as a Chaucerian, she popularized a number of Chaucer's stories from the Canterbury Tales and some of the shorter poems in anthologies designed for children and for adult non-scholarly readers. She not only provided modernized translations and Pre-Raphaelite illustrations of key scenes from the tales, but also included the type of critical apparatus otherwise only available in the contemporary scholarly editions published by Frederick James Furnivall
, Walter W. Skeat, and Richard Morris
. Writing to supplement the household income, her adaptations played a role in widening general access to Chaucer's poetry and in promoting the reading of Middle English verse in its original.
Mary Haweis was married to the Rev. Hugh Reginald Haweis
, with whom she campaigned successfully to have museums opened on Sundays.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
and author of numerous books for women. She was the daughter of Thomas Musgrave Joy, a minor artist.
She wrote many books on decoration, dress, and household matters, including The Art of Dress (1879), The Art of Decoration (1881), The Art of Beauty (1883), and The Art of Housekeeping (1889). She also produced several children's books, the best-known of which is Chaucer for Children (1877). She also painted and had several works exhibited at the Royal Academy
Royal Academy
The Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, London. The Royal Academy of Arts has a unique position in being an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects whose purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and...
. She illustrated both her own books and those of her husband, combining her widespread interest in art, fashion, history, and literature. In her work as a Chaucerian, she popularized a number of Chaucer's stories from the Canterbury Tales and some of the shorter poems in anthologies designed for children and for adult non-scholarly readers. She not only provided modernized translations and Pre-Raphaelite illustrations of key scenes from the tales, but also included the type of critical apparatus otherwise only available in the contemporary scholarly editions published by Frederick James Furnivall
Frederick James Furnivall
Frederick James Furnivall , one of the co-creators of the Oxford English Dictionary , was an English philologist...
, Walter W. Skeat, and Richard Morris
Richard Morris
Richard Morris may refer to:* Richard Morris * Richard Morris * Richard Morris Welsh international footballer who played for Plymouth Argyle...
. Writing to supplement the household income, her adaptations played a role in widening general access to Chaucer's poetry and in promoting the reading of Middle English verse in its original.
Mary Haweis was married to the Rev. Hugh Reginald Haweis
Hugh Reginald Haweis
Reverend Hugh Reginald Haweis was an English cleric and writer.-Biography:Reverend H.R. Haweis was born in Egham, Surrey in 1838, the son of the Rev. John Oliver...
, with whom she campaigned successfully to have museums opened on Sundays.