Victorian Women Poets Contributor(s): Cosslett, Tess (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0582276497 ISBN-13: 9780582276499 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $66.32 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1996 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Anthologies (multiple Authors) |
Dewey: 821.809 |
LCCN: 96023025 |
Series: Longman Critical Reader |
Physical Information: 0.68" H x 5.45" W x 8.45" (0.94 lbs) 296 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Through her selection of fourteen essays, Tess Cosslett charts the rediscovery by feminist critics of the Victorian Women Poets such as Emily Brontė, Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Christina Rossetti, and the subsequent developments as critics use a range of modern theoretical approaches to understand and promote the work of these non-canonical and marginalised poets. While the essays chosen for this volume focus on these three major figures, work is also included on less well-known poets who have only recently been brought into critical prominence. The introduction clarifies for the reader the themes, problems and preoccupations that inform the criticism and provides a useful guide to the debates surrounding poetry and feminism, investigating such questions as, how feminist are these poems, and does a women s tradition really exist? The advantages and disadvantages of applying different critical approaches, such as psychoanalytic and historicist, to the understanding of this period and genre are also fully explored. |