"The will of a social being" -- Charlotte Smith's Emigrants and the politics of allusion -- Mary Wollstonecraft re:reading the poets -- The poets' "Wollstonecraft" -- Lyrical ballads and the pregnant words of Men's passions -- William's sister : alternatives of alter ego -- Dorothy's conversation with William -- Gazing on "Byron" : separation and fascination -- Byron and the muse of female poetry
Summary
This fresh, informative account of key writers, important texts, and complex cultural currents promises keen interest for students and scholars, literary critics, and cultural historians