One of the most popular poets of her time, Charlotte Smith revived the sonnet form in England, influencing Wordsworth and Keats. Equally popular as a novelist, she experimented with many genres, and even her children's books were highly regarded by...
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One of the most popular poets of her time, Charlotte Smith revived the sonnet form in England, influencing Wordsworth and Keats. Equally popular as a novelist, she experimented with many genres, and even her children's books were highly regarded by her contemporaries. Charlotte Smith's letters enlarge our understanding of her literary achievement, for they show the private world of spirit, determination, anger, and sorrow in which she wrote
Includes bibliographical references (pages 783-786) and index. - Description based on print version record
Romanticism, lyricism, and history
Published:
(c)1999
Publisher:
State University of New York Press, Albany
"Arguing against a persistent view of Romantic lyricism as an inherently introspective mode, this book examines how Charlotte Smith, William Wordsworth, and John Clare recognized end employed the mode's immense capacity for engaging reading audiences...
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"Arguing against a persistent view of Romantic lyricism as an inherently introspective mode, this book examines how Charlotte Smith, William Wordsworth, and John Clare recognized end employed the mode's immense capacity for engaging reading audiences in reflections both personal and social. Zimmerman focuses new attention on the Romantic lyric's audiences--not the silent, passive auditor of canonical paradigms, but historical readers and critics who can tell us more than we have asked about the mode's rhetorical possibilities. She situates poems within the specific circumstances of their production and consumption, including the aftermath in England of the French Revolution, rural poverty, the processes of parliamentary enclosure, the biographical contours of poet's careers, and the myriad exchanges among poets, patrons, publishers, critics, and readers in the literary marketplace. Book jacket."--Jacket Standard Referencesxxi --1The History of an Aura: Romantic Lyricism and the Millennium that Didn't Come1 --2"Dost thou not know my voice?": Charlotte Smith and the Lyric's Audience39 --3William Wordsworth and the Uses of Lyricism73 --4Dorothy Wordsworth and the Liabilities of Literary Production113 --5John Clare's Poetics and Politics of Loss147.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-222) and index. - Description based on print version record
Standard Referencesxxi1The History of an Aura: Romantic Lyricism and the Millennium that Didn't Come12"Dost thou not know my voice?": Charlotte Smith and the Lyric's Audience393William Wordsworth and the Uses of Lyricism734Dorothy Wordsworth and the Liabilities of Literary Production1135John Clare's Poetics and Politics of Loss147.
