Sensibility and female poetic tradition, 1780-1860
Subtitle: the legacy of Charlotte Smith
By: by Claire Knowles.
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
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.