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

By: Smith, Orianne, 1963-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge studies in Romanticism ; 98.Publication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013Description: x, 278 pSubject(s): English fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism | English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism | Romanticism -- Great Britain | Prophecy in literatureGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 823.009/9287 LOC classification: PR830.W6 | S65 2013Online resources: Click to View
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.
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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.

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