208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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In her critical biography of Anna Seward (1742-1809), Teresa Barnard examines the poet's unpublished letters and manuscripts, providing a fresh perspective on Seward's life and historical milieu that restores and problematizes Seward's carefully constructed narrative of her life. Of the poet Anna Seward, it may be said with some veracity that hers was an epistolary life. What is known of Seward... Read more
Contents: Introduction: 'the fame of a lady'; 'My dear Emma': the juvenile letters, 1762-1768; Anecdotes: the juvenile letters; 'A free agent': the Powys and Sykes letters, 1770-1780; Lost years: the Powys and Sykes letters; 'Born to write': 1780-1809; Final words: the last will and testament; Appendixes; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Teresa Barnard is Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Derby, UK
’(Barnard) makes a good case for Seward as a strong-willed, independent-minded woman, whose comments on people, opinions and literary movements are often pungent, often rewarding....Seward has much to teach us about the historical conditions of women's lives and about the individual's negotiation with her shaping context. This attractive book (whose cover features John Downman's sexy portrait, not the drabber and better-known work by George Romney) is welcome...’ Times Higher Education ’Barnard makes an excellent case for Seward’s epistolary self-construction and iconoclastic career; her biography also offers a wealth of insights for the student and scholar of eighteenth-century literary history.’ Romantic Textualities
