Charlotte Smith: Romanticism, Poetry and the Culture of Gender

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Charlotte Smith: Romanticism, Poetry and the Culture of Gender
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Jacqueline Labbe
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:176
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138
Category/GenreLiterary studies - c 1800 to c 1900
Literary studies - poetry and poets
ISBN/Barcode 9780719083211
ClassificationsDewey:821.7
Audience
General
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Illustrations, black & white

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publication Date 4 January 2011
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This book offers a thorough and complete reading of Charlotte Smith's poetry, arguing that we need to engage more directly with historical ideas of gender. -- .

Author Biography

Jacqueline M. Labbe is a Professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literature in the University of Warwick -- .

Reviews

One of several new books to insist on crediting nineteenth-century minds with their due measure of sophistication. Labbe argues persuasively that this magisterial persona actively critiques Smith's own earlier poetic practice as well as her culture's fictions of identity. Noah Heringman, 2005 review of recent studies in the Nineteenth Century