Charlotte Smith and the Sonnet - Form, Place and Tradition in the Late Eighteenth Century

This book explores Charlotte Smith's Elegiac Sonnets and clarifies its 'place' - understood in multiple ways - in literary history. It argues that Smith's work engages more deeply with tradition than has hitherto been realised and revises our understanding not only of Smith's career but also of the sonnet in eighteenth-century England.

About the author

Bethan Roberts is William Noble Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Liverpool.

Summary

This book explores Charlotte Smith’s Elegiac Sonnets and clarifies its ‘place’ – understood in multiple ways – in literary history. It argues that Smith’s work engages more deeply with tradition than has hitherto been realised and revises our understanding not only of Smith’s career but also of the sonnet in eighteenth-century England.

Product details

• Authors: Bethan Roberts
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781789620177
• ISBN: 978-1-78962-017-7
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Romantic Reconfigurations: Studies in Literature and Culture 1780-1850; Romantic Reconfigurations Stud
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies