Eighteenth-century women poets and their poetry : inventing agency, inventing genre / Paula R. Backscheider.

Author/creator Backscheider, Paula R., 1943-
Format Book
Publication InfoBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.
Descriptionxxvii, 514 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
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.

Partial 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [467]-498) and index.
LCCN 2004027038
ISBN0801881692 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PR555.W6 B33 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold