British Women Poets of the Romantic Era: An Anthology

Book Overview

During the Romantic period, women such as Joanna Baillie, Anna Letitia Barbauld, Felicia Hemans, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Mary Robinson, Anna Seward, Charlotte Smith, and Mary Tighe were among the most highly respected and widely read practitioners of the art of poetry. In fact, Hemans was one of the bestselling authors of the nineteenth century, and Baillie was the foremost playwright of her time.

In British Women Poets of the Romantic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801866405
• ISBN13: 9780801866401
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 920 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"