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Paula R. BackscheiderPublication Details
BookJohns Hopkins University Press2005Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) PR555.W6 B33 2005 AVAILABLE New Feature: Text this to your cellphone
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This major study offers a broad view of the writing and careers of eighteenth-century women poets, casting new light on the ways in which poetry was read and enjoyed, on changing poetic tastes in British culture, and on the development of many major poetic genres and traditions. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Subject
- English poetry — 18th century — History and criticism
- Women and literature — Great Britain — History — 19th century
- English poetry — Women authors — History and criticism
- Authorship — Sex differences — History — 18th century
- Invention (Rhetoric) — History — 18th century
- Literary form — History — 18th century
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Contents
- Introduction: Changing contexts ; Systems, gender, and persistent issues ; Agency and the "marked marker"
- Anne Finch and what women wrote
- Women and poetry in the public eye
- Hymns, narratives, and innovations in religious poetry
- Friendship poems
- Retirement poetry
- The elegy
- The sonnet, Charlotte Smith, and what women wrote
- - Conclusion
ISBN
- 0801881692
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