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Building on a revival of scholarly interest in the cultural effects
of early 19th-century periodicals, the essays in this collection
treat periodical writing as intrinsically worthy of attention not a
mere backdrop to the emergence of British Romanticism but a site in
which Romantic ideals were challenged, modified, and developed.
Contributors to the volume discuss a range of different
periodicals, from the elite Quarterly and Edinburgh Reviews,
through William Cobbett's populist weekly newspaper Two-Penny
Trash, to the miscellaneous monthly magazines typified by
Blackwood's. While some contributors to the volume approach the
phenomenon of Romanticism within periodical culture from a more
materialist standpoint than others, several elaborate upon recent
intersections between Romantic studies and gender studies.
Approaching the work of Romantic-era British women poets through
the lenses of public radicalism, war, and poetic form. This
compelling study recovers the lost lives and poems of British women
poets of the Romantic era. Stephen C. Behrendt reveals the range
and diversity of their writings, offering new perspectives on the
work of dozens of women whose poetry has long been ignored or
marginalized in traditional literary history. British Romanticism
was once thought of as a cultural movement defined by a small group
of male poets. This book grants women poets their proper place in
the literary tradition of the time. In an approach ripe for
classroom teaching, Behrendt first reviews the subject
thematically, exploring the ways in which the poems addressed both
public concerns and private experiences. He next examines the use
of particular genres, including the sonnet and various other long
and short forms. In the concluding chapters, Behrendt explores the
impact of national identity, providing the first extensive study of
Romantic-era poetry by women from Scotland and Ireland. In
recovering the lives and work of these women, Behrendt reveals
their active participation within the rich cultural community of
writers and readers throughout the British Isles. This study will
be a key resource for scholars, teachers, and students in British
literary studies, women's studies, and cultural history.
" One of the most exciting developments in Romantic studies in
the past decade has been the rediscovery and repositioning of women
poets as vital and influential members of the Romantic literary
community. This is the first volume to focus on women poets of this
era and to consider how their historical reception challenges
current conceptions of Romanticism. With a broad, revisionist view,
the essays examine the poetry these women produced, what the poets
thought about themselves and their place in the contemporary
literary scene, and what the recovery of their works says about
current and past theoretical frameworks. The contributors focus
their attention on such poets as Felicia Hemans, Letitia Elizabeth
Landon, Charlotte Smith, Anna Barbauld, Mary Lamb, and Fanny Kemble
and argue for a significant rethinking of Romanticism as an
intellectual and cultural phenomenon. Grounding their consideration
of the poets in cultural, social, intellectual, and aesthetic
concerns, the authors contest the received wisdom about Romantic
poetry, its authors, its themes, and its audiences. Some of the
essays examine the ways in which many of the poets sought to
establish stable positions and identities for themselves, while
others address the changing nature over time of the reputations of
these women poets.
Building on a revival of scholarly interest in the cultural effects
of early 19th-century periodicals, the essays in this collection
treat periodical writing as intrinsically worthy of attention not a
mere backdrop to the emergence of British Romanticism but a site in
which Romantic ideals were challenged, modified, and developed.
Contributors to the volume discuss a range of different
periodicals, from the elite Quarterly and Edinburgh Reviews,
through William Cobbett's populist weekly newspaper Two-Penny
Trash, to the miscellaneous monthly magazines typified by
Blackwood's. While some contributors to the volume approach the
phenomenon of Romanticism within periodical culture from a more
materialist standpoint than others, several elaborate upon recent
intersections between Romantic studies and gender studies.
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