| Romanticism and Women Poets Contributor(s): Linkin, Harriet Kramer (Editor), Behrendt, Stephen C. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0813121078 ISBN-13: 9780813121079 Publisher: University Press of Kentucky OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 1999 Annotation: A large-scale reassessment of the place of women poets in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries has transformed the canon in recent years. Taking into consideration cultural, social, intellectual, and aesthetic concerns, the contributors draw together poets such as Felicia Hemans, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Anna Barbauld, Mary Lamb, and Fanny Kemble. With a broad, revisionist view, they examine the poetry these women produced, what the poets thought about themselves and their place in the contemporary literary scene, and what the recovery of their works says about current and past theoretical frameworks. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Literary Criticism | Women Authors |
| Dewey: 821.709 |
| LCCN: 98-48349 |
| Physical Information: 0.97" H x 6.31" W x 9.27" (1.43 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: One of the most exciting developments in Romantic studies in the past decade has been the rediscovery and repositioning of women poets as vital and influential members of the Romantic literary community. This is the first volume to focus on women poets of this era and to consider how their historical reception challenges current conceptions of Romanticism. With a broad, revisionist view, the essays examine the poetry these women produced, what the poets thought about themselves and their place in the contemporary literary scene, and what the recovery of their works says about current and past theoretical frameworks. The contributors focus their attention on such poets as Felicia Hemans, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Charlotte Smith, Anna Barbauld, Mary Lamb, and Fanny Kemble and argue for a significant rethinking of Romanticism as an intellectual and cultural phenomenon. Grounding their consideration of the poets in cultural, social, intellectual, and aesthetic concerns, the authors contest the received wisdom about Romantic poetry, its authors, its themes, and its audiences. Some of the essays examine the ways in which many of the poets sought to establish stable positions and identities for themselves, while others address the changing nature over time of the reputations of these women poets. |
