Sensibility and female poetic tradition, 1780-1860
Subtitle: the legacy of Charlotte Smith
By: Claire Knowles.
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Farnham, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9780754669753
Subjects: Smith, Charlotte Turner, -- 1749-1806 -- Influence; English poetry -- Women authors -- History and criticism; English poetry -- 19th century -- History and criticism; English poetry -- 18th century -- History and criticism; Emotions in literature; Melancholy in literature; Sentimentalism in literature; Della Cruscans (English writers)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Understanding sensibility as performance : the Della Cruscans; title: Performing sincere sensibility : Charlotte Smith; title: The evolution of sensibility : Susan Evance; title: Fame and the limits of sensibility : Letitia Landon; title: Rejecting the script of sensibility : Elizabeth Barrett Browning; title: Conclusion : reading female poetic tradition after Barrett Browning.