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Author Smith, Orianne, 1963-

Title Romantic women writers, revolution, and prophecy [electronic resource] : rebellious daughters, 1786-1826 / Orianne Smith.

Imprint Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

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Description x, 278 p.
Series Cambridge studies in Romanticism ; 98
Cambridge studies in Romanticism ; 98.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: Reading and writing the end of the world -- Verbal magic: an etymology of female enthusiasm -- The second coming of Hester Lynch Piozzi -- I, being the representative of liberty: Helen Maria Williams and the utopian performative -- The passion of the gothic heroine: Ann Radcliffe and the origins of narrative -- Anna Barbauld as enlightenment prophet -- Prophesying tragedy: Mary Shelley and the end of Romanticism.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject English fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Romanticism -- Great Britain.
Prophecy in literature.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781107027060 (hardback : alk. paper)

 
    
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