Routledge Companion to Romantic Women Writers

The Routledge Companion to Romantic Women Writers overviews critical reception for Romantic women writers from their earliest periodical reviews through the most current scholarship and directs users to avenues of future research. It is divided into two parts.The first section offers topical discussions on the status of provincial poets on women’s engagement in children’s literature the relation of women writers to their religious backgrounds the historical backgrounds to women’s orientalism and their engagement in debates on slavery and abolition.The second part surveys the life and careers of individual women – some 47 in all with sections for biography biographical resources works modern editions archival holdings critical reception and avenues for further research. The final sections of each essay offer further guidance for researchers including “Signatures” under which the author published and a “List of Works” accompanied whenever possible with contemporary prices and publishing formats. To facilitate research a robust “Works Cited” includes all texts mentioned or quoted in the essay.