Title: Angers, fantasies and ghostly fears
First published: 2003
Description: "Angers, Fantasies and Ghostly Fears analyses the work of seven Welsh women poets from a relatively neglected period in Welsh literary studies, the nineteenth century. Each of the writers considered, from Jane Cave and Felicia Hemans to Anna Walter Thomas, wrote in a period of rapid and intense social change, yet each maintained her own particular and deeply held connection with Wales." "Catherine Brennan argues that although these writers are doubly marginalized by their gender and nationality from dominant cultural discourses, they nevertheless articulate highly significant questions of poetic identity and authority. Using a range of theoretical perspectives, she shows how consciousness of national identity and poetic representation intersect in this period and suggests that the work of these writers, taken as a whole, opens up new ways of understanding class, gender and 'Welshness' in the nineteenth century." "Angers, Fantasies and Ghostly Fears is a ground-breaking study of writers all too often ignored by mainstream literary history. It will be essential reading for all those interested in the literary history of Welsh writing in English, women's writing in the nineteenth century, and the discourse of insular imperialism."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: History and criticism, English poetry, Intellectual life, History, Welsh authors, Women authors, Women and literature, In literature, Women, English poetry, women authors, English poetry, history and criticism, 19th century
Places: Wales
Time periods: 19th century
LC classification: PR8960 .B74 2003