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Zusatztext "This book offers an exciting thesis that deeply enriches our understanding of how deliberately Mary Robinson constructed her authorial identity and how that self-construction helped to share Romanticism." - Harriet Kramer Linkin! New Mexico State University "This book will be an essential read not only for those researching and teaching Mary Robinson but also for those seeking to understand the inter-subjective! intertextual! and interactive elements of early Romanticism."- Susan Civale! Canterbury Christ Church University! Tulas Studies in Women's Literature Informationen zum Autor Ashley Cross is Professor of English at Manhattan College, USA. Klappentext Originally an actress and scandalous celebrity, Mary Robinson created an identity for herself as a poet and novelist of the Romantic school. Cross argues that Robinson's dialogues shaped the nature of Romantic verse and went on to influence second-generation Romantics such as Christina Rossetti and Alfred Lord Tennyson. Zusammenfassung Originally an actress and scandalous celebrity, Mary Robinson created an identity for herself as a poet and novelist of the Romantic school. Cross argues that Robinson’s dialogues shaped the nature of Romantic verse and went on to influence second-generation Romantics such as Christina Rossetti and Alfred Lord Tennyson. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Robinson's Romantic Dialogues Prelude: "Sweet Converse": Della Cruscan Dialogues 1. Harping on Lyrical Exchange: Samuel Coleridge 2. Illegitimate Influences: Charlotte Smith 3. The Morning Post Aesthetic: Robert Southey 4. Walsingham, Caleb Williams and Queer Panic: William Godwin 5. Vindicating the Writing Woman: Mary Wollstonecraft 6. From Lyrical Ballads to Lyrical Tales: William Wordsworth 7. Resurrecting Robinson: Charlotte 8. "Sick of the same bruise": John Keats
