Pastoral tradition and the female talent : studies in Augustan poetry /

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Messenger, Ann, 1933-
Imprint:	New York : AMS Press, c2001.
Description:	ix, 248 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Winchilsea, Anne Kingsmill Finch, -- Countess of, -- 1661-1720 -- Criticism and interpretation. Chudleigh, Mary Lee, -- Lady, -- 1656-1710 -- Criticism and interpretation. Leapor, -- Mrs. -- (Mary), -- 1722-1746 -- Criticism and interpretation. Dixon, Sarah, -- 1671-1765 -- Criticism and interpretation. Behn, Aphra, -- 1640-1689 -- Poetic works. Behn, Aphra, -- 1640-1689. Chudleigh, Mary Lee, -- Lady, -- 1656-1710. Leapor, Mary, -- 1722-1746. Winchilsea, Anne Kingsmill Finch, -- Countess of, -- 1661-1720. English poetry -- 18th century -- History and criticism. Pastoral poetry, English -- History and criticism. English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism. English poetry -- Women authors -- History and criticism. Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History. Country life in literature. Country life in literature. Criticism and interpretation. English poetry. English poetry -- Early modern. English poetry -- Women authors. Pastoral poetry, English. Women and literature. Great Britain. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4480358

Hidden Bibliographic Details
ISBN:	0404635253 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-217) and index.

Table of Contents:

1.. Shepherds and Shepherdesses: An Introductory Survey of Gender, Nature, and Art in Pastoral Poetry
2.. Aphra Behn (1640-1689)
3.. Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea (1661-1720)
4.. "Happy the Woman"?: Retirement to the Countryside
5.. Mary, Lady Chudleigh (1656-1710)
6.. "... Nature's universal Groan": The Elegy, Pastoral and Otherwise
7.. "The Lord is My Shepherd": Pastoral Elements in Christian Verse
8.. Sarah Dixon (1671-1765)
9.. Pastoral Upside Down
10.. Mary Leapor (1722-1746)
11.. A Voice of Her Own: Pastoral Heartbreak and Pastoral Triumph
Appendix. Selected Poems
Editions Cited
Notes
Index

Similar Items