Anna Letitia Barbauld : new perspectives / edited by William McCarthy, Olivia Murphy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McCarthy, William, 1942- editor.

Murphy, Olivia, 1983- editor.

Series:

Colección Trànsits

Transits

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Barbauld, Mrs. (Anna Letitia), 1743-1825--Criticism and interpretation.

Barbauld.

Barbauld, Mrs. (Anna Letitia), 1743-1825.

English literature--18th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xvii, 392 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lewisburg : Bucknell University Press, 2014.

Contents:

1 "Slip-shod Measure" and "Language of Gods": Barbauld's Stylistic Range / Isobel Grundy Grundy, Isobel 23

2 Barbauld's Poetic Career in Script and Print / Michelle Levy Levy, Michelle 37

3 Anna Letitia Barbauld: A Unitarian Poetics? / Isobel Armstrong Armstrong, Isobel 59

4 Materiality, Affect, Event: Barbauld's Poetics of the Everyday / Sonia Hofkosh Hofkosh, Sonia 83

5 "The Things Themselves": Sensory Images in Lessons for Children and Hymns in Prose / Joanna Wharton Wharton, Joanna 107

6 "Hallowed by the Occasion of the Meeting": Utility, Address and Meetings in Barbauld's Work of the 1790s / Stephen Bygrave Bygrave, Stephen 127

7 Lady Defender of the Revolution: Anna Letitia Barbauld among the British Radicals / Rachel Trethewey Trethewey, Rachel 151

8 Stoic Patriotism in Barbauld's Political Poems / E. J. Clery Clery, E. J. 173

9 From Beauties to Selections: Barbauld's Design for The Spectator / Scott Krawczyk Krawczyk, Scott 195

10 Assuming Authority: Barbauld as Critic / Sabine Volk-Birke Volk-Birke, Sabine 217

11 Anna Letitia Barbauld, Jane Austen's Unseen Interlocutor / Jocelyn Harris Harris, Jocelyn 237

12 "No Man Could Owe More": John Ruskin's Debt to Anna Barbauld's Books for Children / Naomi Lightman Lightman, Naomi 259

13 Riddling Sibyl, Uncanny Cassandra: Barbauld's Recent Critical Reception / Olivia Murphy Murphy, Olivia 277.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [331]-345) and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Anna Letitia Barbauld

ISBN:

9781611485493

1611485495

OCLC:

862092487