Melesina Trench

Melesina Trench

Melesina Trench (née Chenevix, sebelumnya St George; 22 Maret 1768 – 27 Mei 1827) merupakan seorang penulis Irlandia, penyair dan penulis buku harian. Selama hidupnya, dia lebih dikenal karena kecantikannya daripada tulisannya, dan baru setelah putranya, Richard Chenevix Trench, menerbitkan buku hariannya pada 1861 karyanya mulai mendapat perhatian.[1] Melesina Chenevix lahir di Dublin, orang tuanya adalah Philip Chenevix dan Mary Elizabeth Gervais. Ia menjadi yatim piatu sebelum ulang tahunnya yang keempat dan ia kemudian dibesarkan oleh kakek paternalnya, Richard Chenevix (1698–1779), Uskup Waterford Anglikan. Keluarganya berasal dari Huguenot. Salinan sejumlah karyanya disimpan di Perpustakaan Chawton House.

Karya terpilih

• Journal Kept During a Visit to Germany in 1799, 1800. Edited by the Dean of Westminster (R. C. Trench).
• Mary, Queen of Scots, an historical ballad: With other poems (1800)
• Campaspe, an historical tale, and other poems (1815)
• Laura's dream; Or, The Moonlanders (1816)
• The Remains of the Late Mrs Richard Trench: Being Selections From Her Journals, Letters, & Other Papers edited by St. George Trench
• Thoughts Of A Parent On Education (1837) edited by Elizabeth Whately[2]
• Melesina Trench: poems and letters from her journal. 1977.

Referensi

1. Chawton House Library Biography of Melesina Chenevix St. George Trench by Katharine Kittredge
2. Memorials of the Life and Character of Lady Osborne and Some of Here Friends: Edited by Her Daughter Mrs. Osborne Catherine. 2. Hodges, Forster & Company. 1870. hlm. 209.