Joseph Converse Heywood
Joseph Converse Heywood (1834 - December 19, 1900) was a lawyer and writer of dramatic poems. Born in Cumberland County, Maine, he trained at Harvard University and became a lawyer before pursuing literary interests and settling in a palace in Rome. He wrote poems.[1]
In 1869 he filed a patent for improvements to weighing machines.[2]
Oscar Wilde was not a fan of his poem about Salome, but American critics were more favorable.[3]
Writings[edit]
- Salome, the Daughter of Herodias (1862), reissued in 1872 with Antoniois and Salone: How Will it End? A Romance as a trilogy
- How they Strike One, three Authors (1877)
- Sforza, A Tragedy in Venice (1885)
- Lady Merton: A Tale of the Eternal City (1891)
- Il Nano Italiano: A Libretto (1892)
References[edit]
- ^ Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year. D. Appleton & Company. 1901.
- ^ Specifications of Inventions...: Record 1: 1617-1875. Patent Office. 1870.
- ^ The Salome Project: Salome and Her Afterlives. Wipf and Stock Publishers. 16 October 2018. ISBN 9781532618871.
