Anna Letitia Barbauld: New Perspectives is the first collection of essays on poet and public intellectual Anna Letitia Barbauld (1743-1825). By international scholars of eighteenth-century and Romantic British literature, these new essays survey Barbauld's writing from early to late: her versatility as a stylist, her poetry, her books for children, her political writing, her performance as editor and reviewer. They explore themes of sociability, materiality, and affect in Barbauld's writing, and trace her reception and influence. Rooted in enlightenment philosophy and ethics and dissenting religion, Barbauld's work exerted a huge impact on the generation of Wordsworth and Coleridge, and on education and ideas about childhood far into the nineteenth century. William McCarthy's introduction explores the importance of Barbauld's work today, and co-editor Olivia Murphy assesses the commentary on Barbauld that followed her rediscovery in the early 1990s. Anna Letitia Barbauld: New Perspectives is the indispensible introduction to Barbauld's work and current thinking about it.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bucknell University Press, Isobel Armstrong, Felicity James, Gillian Dow, Jocelyn Harris, Scott Krawczyk, Sonia Hofkosh, E. J. Clery, Stephen Bygrave, Isobel Grundy
ISBN-13
9781611485493
eBay Product ID (ePID)
190018362
Product Key Features
Book Title
Anna Letitia Barbauld: New Perspectives
Author
Olivia Murphy
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Literature, Poetry
Publication Year
2013
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Number of Pages
404 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
162mm
Item Weight
758g
Additional Product Features
Series Title
Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture, 1650-1850