“Our sense of eighteenth-century poetic territory is immeasurably expanded by [this] excellent historical and cultural” study of UK women poets of the era (

More than 100 women poets of the 18th century are represented in this anthology. Written by duchesses, ladies and working women, the poems speak with vigour and

This book shows how eighteenth-century women's literature redefined nation and culture in class and gendered terms.

This anthology gathers 368 poems by 80 British women poets of the long eighteenth century. Few of these poems have been reprinted since originally published, an

Co-Winner, James Russell Lowell Prize, Modern Language Association This major study offers a broad view of the writing and careers of eighteenth-century women p