{"product_id":"british-women-poets-and-the-romantic-writing-community-9781421427041","title":"British Women Poets and the Romantic Writing","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIts democratic project is to supplement our understanding of British Romantic poetry by shining a light into dark library corners and bringing out unknown work by women . . . [U]nquestionably a valuable addition to literary historicism. An introduction to numerous obscure authors, it also provides sensitive in-depth reading of selected verse and relevant comparisions with poems by their more visible female and male contemporaries.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe range of this book encourages and facilitates future research and commentary. Highly recommended.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBehrendt's commitment to his neglected trove inspires admiration.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew Books on Literature 19\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuperb historical contextualisation of literature alongside an original argument that also makes for a provocative work . . . Behrendt highlights the uniquely personal relationship women are able to establish with readers as opposed to their male contemporaries' formality. By comparing personal and public elegiac poetry, Behrendt demonstrates the powerful voices of ordinary women who engaged with public issues.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eRomanticism and Victorianism on the Net\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSharp and sophisticated exploration.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eCercles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe question that literary intelligentsia ask in judging a work is whether it advances study in the field, and this one most assuredly does . . . It builds on the best research and offers a venue for more. And it teaches us that before Hollywood, Lifetime, YouTube and Twitter, writers—especially poets—were rock stars of the day; the women under consideration here worked to participate in public discourse over concerns that shaped communal thought and life.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eInternet Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eA Note on Texts\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Women Writers, Radical Rhetoric, and the Public\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Women Poets During the War Years\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Women and the Sonnet\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Experimenting with Genre\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Scottish Women Poets\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Irish Women Poets\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408127566167,"sku":"9781421427041","price":27.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421427041.jpg?v=1730501684","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/british-women-poets-and-the-romantic-writing-community-9781421427041","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}