Anna Seward and the end of the eighteenth century / Claudia Thomas Kairoff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kairoff, Claudia Thomas.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Seward, Anna, 1742-1809--Criticism and interpretation.

Seward, Anna.

Seward, Anna, 1742-1809.

Criticism and interpretation.

England--Intellectual life--18th century.

England.

Intellectual life.

Physical Description:

308 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2012]

Summary:

Though Anna Seward was one of the most prominent female poets of her time, shortly after her death, her work fell out of favor with scholars and critics. Kairoff (English, Wake Forest U) makes a case for Seward's reconsideration as important eighteenth century poet whose writings anticipate the early Romantic styles. Kairoff considers Seward's poetry and critical writings against a biographical backdrop, using recent scholarship in gendered conceptions of poetic career, patriotism, and sensibility to give a fresh view on Seward's writing, influences, and legacy. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Under suspicious circumstances : the (critical) disappearance of Anna Seward

"Fancy's shrine" : Anna Seward and Lady Miller's Batheaston poetical assemblies

Anna Seward and the profession of poetry

Anna Seward, British patriot

Wartime correspondent : Seward, the French wars, and late-century patriotism

Seward and sensibility : Louisa, a poetical novel, in four epistles

Louisa and the late eighteenth-century family romance

Seward and the sonnet I : Milton's champion

Seward and the sonnet II : corresponding poems

Seward and the sonnet III : the "lost" Honora

Seward's memoirs of

Dr. Darwin : digging in the botanical garden

Anna Seward, Samuel Johnson, and the end of the eighteenth century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [283]-293) and index.

ISBN:

9781421403281

1421403285

OCLC:

727126699