Anne Bannerman
Anne Bannerman | |
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Title page, Anon. [Anne Bannerman], Tales of Superstition and Chivalry (Vernor and Hood, 1802) | |
| Born | 31 October 1765 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died | 29 September 1829 Portobello, Edinburgh |
| Pen name | Augusta |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Period | Romantic |
| Relatives | Isobel (née Dick) Bannerman (mother); William Bannerman (father) |
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Anne Bannerman (31 October 1765 – 29 September 1829) was a Scottish poet. She was part of the Edinburgh literary circle which included John Leyden, Jessie Stewart, Thomas Campbell, and Robert Anderson. Her work was popular in her lifetime and "remains significant for her Gothic ballads, as well as for her innovative sonnet series and her bold original odes."