| Women's Poetry in the Enlightenment: The Making of a Canon, 1730-1820 1999 Edition Contributor(s): Armstrong, Isobel (Editor), Blain, Virginia (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0312212828 ISBN-13: 9780312212827 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1999 Annotation: A unique collection of twelve critical essays on women's poetry of the eighteenth-century and late enlightenment, the first to range widely over individual poets and to undertake a comprehensive exploration of the formal experiments, aesthetics, and politics of their work. Experiment with genre and form, the poetics of the body, the politics of gender, revolutionary critique, and patronage are themes of the collection. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Literary Criticism | Modern - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 809 |
| LCCN: 97042321 |
| Physical Information: 0.98" H x 5.82" W x 8.82" (1.05 lbs) 226 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection of twelve critical essays on women's poetry of the eighteenth century and enlightenment is the first to range widely over individual poets and to undertake a comprehensive exploration of their work. Experiment with genre and form, the poetics of the body, the politics of gender, revolutionary critique, and patronage, are themes of the collection, which includes discussions of the distinctive projects of Mary Leapor, Ann Yearsley, Helen Maria Williams, Joanna Baillie, Charlotte Smith, Anna Barbauld and Lucy Aikin. |