UID:
almafu_9960695555702883
Format:
1 online resource (552 p.) :
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2 halftones
ISBN:
9781400824014
Content:
The first standard edition of the writings of Felicia Hemans (1793-1835), this volume marks a revival of interest in, and a new critical appreciation of, one of the most important literary figures of the early nineteenth century. A best-selling poet in England and America, Felicia Hemans was regarded as leading female poet in her day, celebrated as the epitome of national "feminine" values. However, this same narrow perception of her work eventually relegated Hemans to an obscurity lightened occasionally by parody and a sentimental enthusiasm for poems such as "The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers" and "Casabianca." Only now is Hemans's work being rediscovered and reconsidered--for the complexity of its social and political vision, but also for its sounding of dissonances in nineteenth-century cultural ideals, and for its recasting of the traditional canon of male "Romantics."Offering readers a firsthand acquaintance with the remarkable range of Hemans's writing, this volume includes five major works in their entirety, along with a much-admired aggregate, Records of Woman. Hemans's letters, many published here for the first time, reflect her views of her contemporaries, her work, her negotiations with publishers, and her emerging celebrity, while reviews and letters from others--including Lord Byron, Walter Scott, and the Wordsworths--tell the story of Hemans's reception in her time. An introduction by editor Susan Wolfson puts these writings, as well as Hemans's life and work, into much-needed perspective for the contemporary reader.
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Frontmatter --
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CONTENTS --
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
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INTRODUCTION: Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans 1793 – 1835 --
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TEXTS, FORMATS, EDITORIAL PRINCIPLES, ABBREVIATIONS --
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CHRONOLOGY The Life of Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans in Context --
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WORKS --
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From The Domestic Affections and Other Poems --
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Epitaph on Mr. W——, a CelebratedMineralogist (ca. 1814–16) --
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The Restoration of the Works of Art to Italy: A Poem (1816) --
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Modern Greece, A Poem (1817) --
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Tales, and Historic Scenes, In Verse (1819) --
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Patriotic Effusions of the Italian Poets --
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From The Siege of Valencia; A Dramatic Poem . . . With Other Poems (1823) --
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From The Forest Sanctuary; and Other Poems (1825) --
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From New Monthly Magazine NOVEMBER 1826 --
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From Records of Woman: With Other Poems (1828) --
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From The Forest Sanctuary: With Other Poems (2d ed., 1829) --
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From THE ANNUALS (1826–30) --
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From Songs of the AVections, with Other Poems (1830) --
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Late Poems (1831–34) --
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LETTERS --
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RECEPTION --
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Lifetime --
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Death --
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Nineteenth-Century Retrospects --
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BIBLIOGRAPHY --
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INDEX OF TITLES --
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GENERAL INDEX
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In English.
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400824014
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400824014
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400824014
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400824014
