Bluestockings: Women of Reason from Enlightenment to RomanticismThis studyargues that female networks of conversation, correspondenceand patronage formed the foundation for women's work in the 'higher' realms of Shakespeare criticism and poetry. Eger traces the transition between Enlightenment and Romantic culture, arguing for the relevance of rational argument in the history of women's writing. |
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... poetry , which was frequently used as evidence of ' accomplishment ' , along with needlework , music and sketching . And yet poetry also held the capac- ity to transcend the limits of the domestic sphere – it was a form in which , in ...
... poetry , which was frequently used as evidence of ' accomplishment ' , along with needlework , music and sketching . And yet poetry also held the capac- ity to transcend the limits of the domestic sphere – it was a form in which , in ...
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... Poets and their Poetry : Inventing Agency , Inventing Genre ( Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press , 2005 ) , p . xvii . 10. Harold Bloom , The Anxiety of Influence : a Theory of Poetry ( New York : Oxford University Press , 1973 ) ...
... Poets and their Poetry : Inventing Agency , Inventing Genre ( Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press , 2005 ) , p . xvii . 10. Harold Bloom , The Anxiety of Influence : a Theory of Poetry ( New York : Oxford University Press , 1973 ) ...
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... Poetry : Poetry , Poetics and Politics ( London and New York : Routledge , 1993 ) . ' The Gush of the Feminine : How Can We Read Women's Poetry of the Romantic Period ? ' in Romantic Women Writers : Voices and Countervoices , eds Paula ...
... Poetry : Poetry , Poetics and Politics ( London and New York : Routledge , 1993 ) . ' The Gush of the Feminine : How Can We Read Women's Poetry of the Romantic Period ? ' in Romantic Women Writers : Voices and Countervoices , eds Paula ...
Contents
The Bluestocking Legacy in the Romantic | 4 |
Conclusion | 57 |
Notes | 68 |
Copyright | |
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