Victorian Women Poets: Writing Against the Heart / Edition 1

by Angela Leighton

Overview

This book recovers and explores an important tradition of nineteenth-century women's poetry from Felicia Hemans to Charlotte Mew. Angela Leighton not only discusses the work of neglected poets such as Augusta Webster and "Michael Field," but also charts the development of women's poetry from sentimentalism of Hemans and L.E.L. (Letitia Elizabeth Landon) to the various strategies of self-displacement employed by the best of the Victorians, especially Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Christina Rossetti.

Combining biographical material with theoretical readings of the poems, Angela Leighton offers a reinterpretation not only of some original and intriguing literature, but also of the very canon of Victorian poetry. Impressive in scope and highly original in its aims, this study will serve as the main critical work in this area for many years to come.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813914275
Publisher:	University of Virginia Press
Publication date:	07/29/1992
Series:	Victorian Literature and Culture Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	321
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Angela Leighton is a lecturer in English at the University of Hull. She is the author of Shelley and the Sublime (1984) and Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1986). as well as of articles on Romantic and Victorian literature.

Table of Contents

SapphoKassiaHildegard von BingenContessa de DiaDame Margot and Dame Maroie de DiergnauMargaret of AustriaAnne BoleynMaddalena CasulanaFrancesca CacciniBarbara StrozziIsabella LeonardaElizabeth-Claude Jacquet de la GuerreMaria Margherita FrimaniAnna AmalieMarianna von MartinesMaria Theresia von ParadisMaria Agata SzymanowskaFanny Mendelssohn HenselClara Vieck SchumannLouise FarrencPauline ViardotAmy BeachTeresa CarrenoCecile ChaminadeDame Ethyl SmythMay Frances AufderheideLili BoulangerAlma MahlerRebecca ClarkeGermaine TailleferreRuth Crawford SeegerFlorence PriceElsa BarraineMiriam GideonGrazyna BacewiczJulia PerryVivian FineJean CoulthardViolet ArcherPauline OliverosThea MusgraveEllen Taafe ZwilichAugusta Read Thomas

Editorial Reviews

Combining biographical material with theoretical readings of the poems, Leighton not only discusses the work of neglected poets but also charts the development of women's poetry from the sentimentalism of Felicia Hemans and L.E.L. (Letitia Elizabeth Landon) to the varoius strategies of self- displacement employed by the best of the Victorians, especially Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Christina Rossetti. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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