Writing Romanticism: Charlotte Smith and William Wordsworth, 1784-1807

What is 'Wordsworthian' Romanticism and how did it evolve? This book argues that only by reading Charlotte Smith's poetry in tandem with William Wordsworth's can this question be answered, demonstrating their mutual contribution to the creation of the 'Wordsworthian', through literary analysis and historical contextualizing of their writings. JACQUELINE M. LABBE Teaches and Researches in the area of British RomanticPoetry and Poetics at the University of Warwick, UK. She is the author of thefirst scholarly book on Charlotte Smith's poetry and of numerous articles on Smith and Wordsworth. She has written three monographs, edited and contributedto four major collections of essays, and edited Smith's poetry and her novel 'The Old Manor House' (1794). INDICE: Acknowledgements - List of Abbreviations - Introduction - Writing the Lyrical Ballad: Hybridity and Self-Reflexity - Mediating History: War Poetry - Subject to Place, Subjected by Poetry - Modelling the Romantic Poet - 1807: The Art of Poetry on a New Plan - Conclusion - Bibliography - Index

• ISBN: 978-0-230-28549-1
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 232
• Fecha Publicación: 17/06/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés