Victorian Women Poets: An Annotated Anthology - Softcover

Blain, Virginia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1408204983 ISBN 13: 9781408204986

Publisher: Routledge, 2009

Synopsis

There has been a huge revival of interest in Victorian women's poetry in the last ten years, and it has led to a major reconfiguration of the English poetic landscape of the nineteenth century. This title offers a key selection of poems by 13 Victorian women poets from Christina Rosetti and Felicia Hemans to the witty, iconoclastic May Kendall. The book starts with a substantial general Introduction which places the work of the poets into a context both historical (that of the poems' production) and modern (that of their past and present reception). Each poet's work is introduced by an expansive headnote which tells the story of her life and writing career. The poems all have full explanatory notes to help readers unfamiliar with the period. A Bibliography lists general sources as well as useful further readings. Written in an engaging and accessible manner, the extensive annotations throughout Victorian Women Poets ensure that this fascinating poetry is enjoyable for undergraduate and non-specialist readers.

About this title

About the Author

Virginia Blain is Professor in English at Macquarie University, Australia.

From the Back Cover

General Editors:

Charlotte Brewer, Hertford College, Oxford
H. R. Woudhuysen, University College London
Daniel Karlin, University of Sheffield

Though traditionally neglected in nineteenth-century literary studies, Victorian women poets have been the subject of increasing attention and study in recent years. This annotated anthology offers a key selection of poems by thirteen such poets from Felicia Hemans (whose traditional influence reigned long after her death in 1835) to the witty, iconoclastic May Kendall, who lived until 1943.

The book starts with a substantial general Introduction which places the work of the poets into a context both historical (that of the poems? production) and modern (that of their past and present reception). Each poet?s work is introduced by an expansive headnote which tells the story of her life and writing career. The poems all have full explanatory notes to help readers unfamiliar with the period. A Bibliography lists general sources as well as useful further readings.

Written in an engaging and accessible manner, the extensive annotations throughout Victorian Women Poets ensure that this fascinating poetry is enjoyable for undergraduate and non-specialist readers alike.

Virginia Blain is Professor of English at Macquarie University in Sydney.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1408204983
• ISBN 13: 9781408204986
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400