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.