Romantic women writers, revolution, and prophecy rebellious daughters, 1786-1826 /

Smith, Orianne, 1963-

Romantic women writers, revolution, and prophecy rebellious daughters, 1786-1826 / [electronic resource] : Orianne Smith. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013. - x, 278 p. - Cambridge studies in Romanticism ; 98 . - Cambridge studies in Romanticism ; 98. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






English fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.
English fiction--History and criticism.--19th century
Romanticism--Great Britain.
Prophecy in literature.


Electronic books.

PR830.W6 / S65 2013

823.009/9287