Anna Letitia Barbauld: Selected Poetry and ProseAt her death in 1825, Anna Letitia Barbauld was considered one of the great writers of her time. Distinguished as a poet and essayist, she was also in innovator in children’s literature, an eloquent supporter of liberal politics, and a literary critic of stature. This edition includes a generous selection of her poetry and the first comprehensive body of her prose in more than a century, with essays—some never before reprinted—on literature, religion, education, prejudice, women’s fashions, and class conflict. |
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Acknowledgments | 9 |
A Brief Chronology | 34 |
An Address to the Deity | 41 |
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