Watkins, Daniel P., 1952-

Anna Letitia Barbauld and eighteenth-century visionary poeticsDaniel P. Watkins. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2012. - 1 online resource (264 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction : women's poetry and visionary poetics in the eighteenth century -- Barbauld's Poems (1773; 1792) in context -- Politics, vision, and pastoral -- Satire, anti-pastoral, and visionary poetics -- Personal life and visionary poetics -- Reflections on writing -- The personal and biblical principles of poetic vision -- God, vision, and the political moment -- Conclusion : thoughts on the further study of eighteenth-century women's poetry.



9781421406619




Poetics--History--18th century.


Electronic Books.

PR4057 / .A563 2012