Singing by herself : lonely poets in the long eighteenth century /
This book focuses on the lonely women of the long eighteenth century, both literary characters and poets themselves, who exploited the sense of vulnerability that loneliness entails for their poetic benefit, and in the process, changed how "loneliness" was perceived more broadly.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Ithaca, New York :
Cornell University Press,
2024.
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| Summary: | This book focuses on the lonely women of the long eighteenth century, both literary characters and poets themselves, who exploited the sense of vulnerability that loneliness entails for their poetic benefit, and in the process, changed how "loneliness" was perceived more broadly. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781501776274 1501776274 |