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Eighteenth-century women poets and their poetry

by Paula R. Backscheider

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"This major original study offers a broad view of the writing and careers of eighteenth-century women poets, casting a new light on the ways in which poetry was read and enjoyed, on changing poetic tastes in British culture, and on the development of important poetic genres and traditions."--Jacket.

AuthorshipEnglish poetryHistoryHistory and criticismInvention (Rhetoric)Literary formSex differencesWomen and literatureWomen authorsEnglish poetry, history and criticism, 18th centuryEnglish poetry, women authorsInventions, history