The circuit of Apollo : eighteenth-century women's tributes to women / edited by Laura L. Runge and Jessica Cook.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Runge, Laura L., editor.

Cook, Jessica L., editor.

American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies. Women's Caucus (2014 : Williamsburg, Virginia)

Series:

Early modern feminisms.

Early modern feminisms

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women and literature--Great Britain--History--18th century--Congresses.

Women and literature.

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

English literature.

English literature--Women authors--History and criticism--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 233 pages) : illustrations ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newark, Delaware : University of Delaware Press, 2019.

Summary:

"Historicizes British women's relationships with other women through the medium of commemorative writing over the course of the long eighteenth century. Featuring archival discoveries, the contributions in this volume trace female networks, friendships, rivalries, and competition and uncover the material record of women's honor"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover Page

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Tracing "The Circuit of Appollo": Poetic Forms and Identities in Anne Finch's Tributes to Women Poets

"Those Stately Palaces": Tribute and Estates in the Work of Anne Finch and Jane Barker

Martha Fowke's Tributes to Mary, Lady Chudleigh, 1711 and 1726

Eliza Haywood, Fame, and the Art of Self-Homage

"Who Praises Women Does the Muses Praise": Mary Barber, Laetitia Pilkington, and Constantia Grierson's Poetic Tributes

"Friendship, Better than a Muse, Inspires": Anna Letitia Barbauld Claims the Sister Arts for Female Friendship

Painting in Bright Characters: Helen Maria Williams's Poetic Tributes to Anna Seward, Elizabeth Montagu, and Marie-Jeanne Roland

Sapphic Circuitry: Anna Seward's Equivocal Tribute to "Llangollen's Vanished Pair"

"I Delight in the Success of Your Literary Labours": Friendship as Platform for Reinvention

Lyric Sociability: Object Lessons in Female Friendship in Amelia Opie's Occasional Verses

Afterword: Researching, Writing, and Teaching Women's Tributes to Women

Bibliography

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

"This collection of essays began as a Women's Caucus luncheon discussion at the ASECS meeting in Williamsburg, Virginia March 2014"--Text.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-217) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-64453-005-8

OCLC:

1098230508