Joanna Baillie, a Literary Life

Joanna Baillie, a Literary Life
Author: Judith Bailey Slagle
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2002
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780838639498

Much of the biography is based on Baillie's now published letters (FDUP, 1999) to family members, literary figures, scientists, religious leaders, artists, and friends in England, Scotland, and the United States; and her correspondence is supplemented with further biographical evidence and with critical commentary on her works."--BOOK JACKET.

The Selected Poems of Joanna Baillie, 1762-1851

The Selected Poems of Joanna Baillie, 1762-1851
Author: Joanna Baillie
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 232
Release: 1999
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780719054747

Joanna Baillie's poetry ranges from songs and lyrical ballads to dramatic monologues and realistic blank verse. This edition of her work gives readers the opportunity to assess her significance and her craft.

The Encyclopedia of Romantic Literature, 3 Volume Set

The Encyclopedia of Romantic Literature, 3 Volume Set
Author: Frederick Burwick
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 1767
Release: 2012-01-30
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1405188103

The Encyclopedia of Romantic Literature is an authoritative three-volume reference work that covers British artistic, literary, and intellectual movements between 1780 and 1830, within the context of European, transatlantic and colonial historical and cultural interaction. Comprises over 275 entries ranging from 1,000 to 6,500 words arranged in A-Z format across three fully cross-referenced volumes Written by an international cast of leading and emerging scholars Entries explore genre development in prose, poetry, and drama of the Romantic period, key authors and their works, and key themes Also available online as part of the Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Literature, providing 24/7 access and powerful searching, browsing and cross-referencing capabilities

Further Letters of Joanna Baillie

Further Letters of Joanna Baillie
Author: Joanna Baillie
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2010
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0838641490

The earliest letter dates from 1800, not long after Baillie had announced her authorship of the first volume of Plays on the Passions. The last dates only a few weeks before her death in 1851. --

Joanna Baillie, Romantic Dramatist

Joanna Baillie, Romantic Dramatist
Author: Thomas C. Crochunis
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2004-02-24
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1134422490

This superb collection of new essays offers a unique insight into the work of a leading women dramatist of the Romantic era. Contributors offer: *contextual material for those new to Baillie's work *examinations of the relationships between her plays and the philosophical and scientific writing of the era *discussion of Baillie's theatrical methods *extended interpretations of individual plays. Ending years of neglect of Baillie's crucial work, this volume is essential reading for those working on Romanticism, women's writing, or drama of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

The Collected Letters of Joanna Baillie

The Collected Letters of Joanna Baillie
Author: Joanna Baillie
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Total Pages: 572
Release: 1999
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780838638125

These annotated letters present the first personal glimpse of this Scottish playwright as she wrote and lived. It documents her problems with publishers, describes her encounters with Wordsworth, Byron, Southey, Berry and other literary figures, outlines a long relationship with Scott and places an active literary woman in the historical and social setting of early to mid-nineteenth century Britain.

Women's Literary Networks and Romanticism

Women's Literary Networks and Romanticism
Author: Andrew O. Winckles
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2017
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1786940604

Andrew O. Winckles is Assistant Professor of CORE Curriculum (Interdisciplinary Studies) at Adrian College. Angela Rehbein is Associate Professor of English at West Liberty University.

The Broadview Anthology of Literature of the Revolutionary Period 1770-1832

The Broadview Anthology of Literature of the Revolutionary Period 1770-1832
Author: D.L. Macdonald
Publisher: Broadview Press
Total Pages: 1609
Release: 2010-03-04
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1551110512

The selections from 132 authors in this anthology represent gender, social class, and racial and national origin as inclusively as possible, providing both greater context for canonical works and a sense of the era’s richness and diversity. In terms of genre, poetry, non-fiction prose, philosophy, educational writing, and prose fiction are included. Geographically, America, Canada, Australia, India, and Africa are represented along with Britain, emphasizing Romantic literature as a world literature. Biographical headnotes, explanatory footnotes, and an extensive bibliography clarify and illuminate the texts for readers.