Women and Poetry 1660-1750

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Women and Poetry 1660-1750 is written by S. Prescott and published by Springer. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0230504892 (ISBN 10) and 9780230504899 (ISBN 13).

The specially commissioned essays in Women and Poetry, 1660-1750 address the multiplicity of female poetic practice and the public image of the woman poet between the Restoration and mid-eighteenth century. The volume includes biographically informative accounts of individual poets alongside detailed essays which discuss the different contexts and poetic traditions shaping women's poetry in this key period in literary history. Women and Poetry, 1660-1750 draws together a wealth of recent scholarship from a strong cast of contributors (including Germaine Greer) into one accessible volume aimed at both students and specialist readers.