Victorian Women Poets: An Anthology

by Angela Leighton (Editor)

This reader contains sixteen new and recent essays addressing work by, and issues raised concerning, Victorian women poets. Among those discussed directly Elizabeth Barrett Browing, Emily Bronte, George Eliot, Michael Field, Felicia Hemans, Adelaide Proctor, Christina Rossetti, and Rosamund Marriott Watson. Key topics dealt with include the nature of home,the market, the fallen woman and the moral law, the mother, and the muse.
Critics represented Isobel Armstrong, Kathleen Blake, Susan Conley, Stevie Davies, Sandra M. Gilbert, Gill Gregory, Terrence Holt, Linda K. Hughes, Angela Leighton, Tricia Lootens, Jerome J. McGann, Dorothy Mermin, Margaret Reynolds, Dolores Rosenblum, Chris White, and Joyce Zonana.

Genres: Poetry, Victorian, Nonfiction, Anthologies, History

691 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1995

Reviews

[Joseph Ozias · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great collection of Victorian Women poets, and great reference material for the English student.

[Annabel · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a beautiful collection from the best, simply wonderful Victorian women writers. The poems are revealing about the patriarchal era - but perhaps not in the way that readers may expect. Additionally, Leighton offers intelligent, incisive and reflective thought that will ignite any reader's own critique and imagination. This anthology is a must for anybody interested in the Victorian era, or in women writers.

[Tinquerbelle]

Poetry anthology.

[Shaha]

How can I read this book ?!!

[Suzanne Hess · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well thought out selection of the title. Many new favorite poems were gained along the reading process.