The Poetry of Mary Robinson [electronic resource] : Form and Fame /
Robinson, D.author.
Once celebrated as 'the English Sappho,' Mary Robinson was a major figure in British Romanticism. This volume offers comprehensive study of Robinson's achievement as a poet, a professional writer, a formative influence on the Romantic movement, and a participant in the literary, political, and social scene of the late 1700s.
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Coverpage; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; A Note on Sources and Symbols; Introduction: The Wreath of Fame; 1 Bell's Laureates I: Robinson's Avatars and the Della Crusca Network; 2 Bell's Laureates II: . . . So Goes the World; 3 The English Sappho and the Legitimate Sonnet; 4 Stuart's Laureates I: Poets and Politics Perplext; 5 Stuart's Laureates II: A Woman of Undoubted Genius; Notes; Works Cited; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Once celebrated as 'the English Sappho,' Mary Robinson was a major figure in British Romanticism. This volume offers comprehensive study of Robinson's achievement as a poet, a professional writer, a formative influence on the Romantic movement, and a participant in the literary, political, and social scene of the late 1700s.
Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800
Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800
Poetry.
British literature.
Literature, Modern—19th century.
Poetry and Poetics.
British and Irish Literature.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.