Little songs
Subtitle: women, silence, and the nineteenth-century sonnet
By: Amy Christine Billone.
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Columbus
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9780814210420; 9780814291221
Subjects: Smith, Charlotte Turner, -- 1749-1806 -- Criticism and interpretation; Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, -- 1806-1861 -- Criticism and interpretation; Rossetti, Christina Georgina, -- 1830-1894 -- Criticism and interpretation; Southern, Isabella J. -- Criticism and interpretation; Sonnets, English -- History and criticism; English poetry -- Women authors -- History and criticism; English poetry -- 19th century -- History and criticism; English poetry -- 18th century -- History and criticism; Silence in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-191) and index.
Table of contents: title: Silence, gender, and the sonnet revival; title: Breaking "the silent Sabbath of the grave" : romantic women's sonnets and the "mute arbitress" of grief; title: "In silence like to death" : Elizabeth Barrett's sonnet turn; title: Sing again : Christina Rossetti and the music of silence; title: "Silence, 'tis more cruel than the grave!" : Isabella Southern and the turn to the twentieth century; title: Women's renunciation of the sonnet form.