Records of woman, with other poems
By: Felicia Hemans ; edited by Paula R. Feldman.
Contributors: Feldman, Paula R.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Lexington, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
Subjects: Women -- Poetry.
Description: "Felicia Hemans (1793-1835), one of the most influential and widely read poets of the nineteenth century, wrote Records of Woman in 1828 at the height of her long career. In the series, which includes nineteen poems about exemplary lives, Hemans explores what it means to be a woman, challenging traditional beliefs while at the same time reinforcing persistent stereotypes.

Her work celebrates the lives, events, and imagined thoughts of unremembered women from different cultures and time periods whose deeds show nobility of spirit and inner strength."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. xxx-xxxi) and index.