Eighteenth-Century Women Poets and Their Poetry: Inventing Agency, Inventing Genre

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Eighteenth-Century Women Poets and Their Poetry This page intentionally left blank Eighteenth-Century Women Poets and Their Poetry Inventing Agency, Inventing Genre Paula R. Backscheider The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore ∫ 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press All rights reserved. Published 2005 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper Johns Hopkins Paperback edition, 2008 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The Johns Hopkins University Press 2715 North Charles Street Baltimore, Maryland 21218-4363 www.press.jhu.edu The Library of Congress has catalogued the hardcover edition of this book as follows: Backscheider, Paula R. Eighteenth-century women poets and their poetry : inventing agency, inventing genre / Paula R. Backscheider. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 0-8018-8169-2 (alk. paper) 1. English poetry—18th century—History and criticism. 2. Women and literature—Great Britain—History—19th century. 3. English poetry—Women authors—History and criticism. 4. Authorship—Sex differences—History—18th century. 5. Invention (Rhetoric)— History—18th century. 6. Literary form—History—18th century. I. Title. PR555.W6B33 2005 821%.5099287—dc22 2004027038 isbn 13: 978-0-8018-8746-8 isbn 10: 0-8018-8746-1 A catalog record for this book is available from the British Library. To my daughter, Andrea, and my women friends and colleagues who wouldn’t let me walk away from this book This page intentionally left blank ...