Women and Poetry, 1660-1750

Women and Poetry, 1660-1750

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  • 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 264 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9781403906540
  • DDC分類 821.4099287

基本説明

Draws together a wealth of recent scholarship from a strong cast of contributors (including Germanie Greer) into one accessible volume aimed at both students and specialist readers.

Full Description

The specially commissioned essays in Women and Poetry, 1660-1750 address the multiplicity of female poetic practice and the public image of the woman poet between the Restoration and mid-eighteenth century. The volume includes biographically informative accounts of individual poets alongside detailed essays which discuss the different contexts and poetic traditions shaping women's poetry in this key period in literary history. Women and Poetry, 1660-1750 draws together a wealth of recent scholarship from a strong cast of contributors (including Germaine Greer) into one accessible volume aimed at both students and specialist readers.

Contents

Notes on Contributors Chronology Introduction; S.Prescott & D.E.Shuttleton PART I: INDIVIDUAL POETS Aphra Behn (1640?-1689); S.Wiseman Anne Killigrew (1660-1685); D.E.Shuttleton Jane Barker (1652-1732); C.S.Wilson Mary, Lady Chudleigh (1656-1732); R.M.Mills Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea (1661-1720) J.Spencer Elizabeth Singer Rowe (1674-1737); S.Prescott Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762); J.Keith Mary Leapor (1722-1746); V.Rumbold PART II: CONTEXTS Imagining the Woman Poet; J.Spencer Rank, Community and Audience; V.Rumbold From Manuscript to Print; M. J. M.Ezell Women in the Literary Marketplace; G.Greer PART III: POETIC PRACTICE Classical and Biblical Models; C.T.Kairoff Political Verse and Satire; K.R.King The Labouring-Class Women Poets; D.Landry General Bibliography Index