English Women's Poetry, 1649-1714

This is the first study to reconstruct the political origins of English women's poetry between the execution of Charles I and the death of Queen Anne. Carol Barash's book shows that, between Katherine Philips (1632-1664) and Anne finch, Countess of Winchilsea (1661-1720), and English women's poetic tradition developed as part of the larger political shifts in these years and particularly in women's fascination with the figure of the female monarch. Writers discussed include Aphra Behn, Katherine Philips, Anne Killigrew, Jane Barker, and Anne Finch.

ISBN 019818686X   Pages 362 ISBN13 9780198186861 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Oxford University Press   Weight (grammes) 643 Imprint Oxford University Press   Published in Oxford Format Paperback   Height (mm) 234 Publication date 13 Jan 2000   Width (mm) 156 Library of Congress 95053219   Spine width (mm) 22 DEWEY 821.0099287   Academic level Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC21

Introduction;; PART 1: ORIGINS; English and Continental Origins: Queens, Heroes, Prophets;; Women's Community and the Exiled King: Katherine Philip's Society of Friendship;; Eros, Myth, and Monarchy in Aphra Behn;; PART II: ELABORATIONS; The Female Monarch and the Woman Poet: Mary of Modena, Anne Killigrew and Jane Barker;; Queen Anne among the Poets;; Anne Finch: Gender, Politics, and Myths of the Private Self;; CONCLUSION;; Appendices; Order of poems in Katherine Philip's manuscripts and Poems;; Lucasia poems in approximate order of events described;; Anne Killigrew's paintings;; John Chatwin's 'To the Pious Memory of Mrs Anne Killigrew. A Pindarique'; Order of poems in Jane Barker, Political recreations (1688);; Order of poems in Magdalen College MS. 343, Barker's 'Poems on Several Occasions, in 3 Parts';; 'An Elegy on the Death of K. James'; Notes; Bibliography; Index

"This is a clearly written, well-argued, and informative book."--Choice "It is a work of scholarship...Barash's lucid writing style and the intriguing women she details should also bring pleasure, and enlightenment, to anyone who cares about the history, and politics, of English poetry."--The Sunday Star-Ledger

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