Anna Letitia Barbauld

Edited by William McCarthy and Olivia Murphy - Contributions by Isobel Armstrong; Stephen Bygrave; E. J. Clery; Gillian Dow; Isobel Grundy; Jocelyn Harris; Sonia Hofkosh; Felicity James; Scott Krawczyk; Michelle Levy; Naomi Lightman; Rachel Trethewey; Sab

Anna Letitia Barbauld: New Perspectives, the first collection of essays on the work of this major British writer, is the indispensable volume for everyone who wants an introduction to Barbauld and to the most current thinking about her. The book will be essential reading for academic students of English literature, 1740 to 1840, and will also attract non-specialists who care about the history of writing by women.

ContentsList of IllustrationsList of TablesPrefaceGillian Dow and Felicity JamesAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction: Anna Letitia Barbauld TodayWilliam McCarthy1"Slip-shod Measure" and "Language of Gods": Barbauld's Stylistic RangeIsobel Grundy2 Barbauld's Poetic Career in Script and PrintMichelle Levy3 Anna Letitia Barbauld: A Unitarian Poetics?Isobel Armstrong4 Materiality, Affect, Event: Barbauld's Poetics of the EverydaySonia Hofkosh5 "The Things Themselves": Sensory Images in Lessons for Children and Hymns in ProseJoanna Wharton6 "Hallowed by the Occasion of the Meeting": Priestley, Meetings, Utility and Address in Barbauld's Work of the 1790sStephen Bygrave7 Lady Defender of the Revolution: Anna Letitia Barbauld among the British Radicals ...Rachel Trethewey8 Stoic Patriotism in Barbauld's Political PoemsE. J. Clery9 From Beauties to Selections: Barbauld's Design for The SpectatorScott Krawczyk10 Assuming Authority: Barbauld as CriticSabine Volk-Birke11 Anna Letitia Barbauld, Jane Austen's Unseen InterlocutorJocelyn Harris12 "No Man Could Owe More": John Ruskin's Debt to Anna Barbauld's Books for ChildrenNaomi Lightman13 Riddling Sibyl, Uncanny Cassandra: the Recent Critical Reception of Anna Letitia BarbauldOlivia MurphyBibliographyWorks of Anna Letitia BarbauldSecondary WorksAbout the ContributorsIndex