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Comments on MetaFilter post Thousands of poems by women writers of the British Isles in the Romantic eraWed, 26 Aug 2009 19:30:43 -0800Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:30:43 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60Thousands of poems by women writers of the British Isles in the Romantic era
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<a href="http://digital.lib.ucdavis.edu/projects/bwrp/">British Women Romantic Poets Project</a> is a collection of poetry written by women from the British Isles between 1789 and 1832. <a href="http://digital.lib.ucdavis.edu/projects/bwrp/Works/">Over a hundred female poets</a> are represented. Women rarely feature in literary histories of the Romantic period but there is treasure if you search (some poems are, frankly, terrible). A few places to start are Charlotte Turner Smith's <a href="http://digital.lib.ucdavis.edu/projects/bwrp/Works/SmitCElegi.htm">Elegiac Sonnets, and Other Poems</a>, Christian Ross Milne's <a href="http://digital.lib.ucdavis.edu/projects/bwrp/Works/MilnCSimpl.htm">Simple Poems on Simple Subjects</a> and Mary Robinson's sonnet cycle <a href="http://digital.lib.ucdavis.edu/projects/bwrp/Works/RobiMSapph.htm">Sappho and Phaon</a>. The oddest works to modern readers may be Elizabeth Hitchener's <a href="http://digital.lib.ucdavis.edu/projects/bwrp/Works/HitcEEnigm.htm">Enigmas, Historical and Geographical</a> and Marianne Curties' <a href="http://digital.lib.ucdavis.edu/projects/bwrp/Works/curtmclass.htm">Classical Pastime</a>, which are collections of verse riddles (the answers are at the end of the text).post:www.metafilter.com,2009:site.84499Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:28:33 -0800KattullusliteraturepoetryBritainBritishIslesEnglandScotlandWalesIrelandwomenwritersfemalewriterswomenpoetsfemalepoetsUCDavisCharlotteTurnerSmithChristianRossMilneMarianneCurtiesBy: Kattullus
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I forgot to mention that there are usually good quality scans of title pages and frontispieces.comment:www.metafilter.com,2009:site.84499-2713737Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:30:43 -0800KattullusBy: jokeefe
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*pounces* This is brilliant, thank you!comment:www.metafilter.com,2009:site.84499-2713907Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:50:15 -0800jokeefeBy: dng
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Excellent, cheerscomment:www.metafilter.com,2009:site.84499-2714063Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:16:11 -0800dngBy: verstegan
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I've always liked Jane Taylor's poem <a href="http://digital.lib.ucdavis.edu/projects/bwrp/Works/TaylJEssay.htm#p116">The Squire's Pew</a>:
<i>A slanting ray of evening light
Shoots through the yellow pane;
It makes the faded crimson bright,
And gilds the fringe again:
The window's gothic frame-work falls
In oblique shadow on the walls.
And since those trappings first were new,
How many a cloudless day,
To rob the velvet of its hue,
Has come and passed away?
How many a setting sun hath made
That curious lattice-work of shade!</i>
It could almost be one of John Betjeman's poems.
Meanwhile, the award for Most. Depressing. Title. Ever. goes to Elizabeth Sarah Garrington for <a href="http://digital.lib.ucdavis.edu/projects/bwrp/Works/garrespiri.htm">Spiritual Recreations in the Chamber of Affliction: or, Pious Meditations in Verse, Written During a Protracted Illness of Thirteen Years</a>.comment:www.metafilter.com,2009:site.84499-2714083Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:18:33 -0800versteganBy: organisciak
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<a href="http://orlando.cambridge.org/">Orlando: Women's Writing In the British Isles</a>comment:www.metafilter.com,2009:site.84499-2717517Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:14:51 -0800organisciak
¡°Why?¡± asked Larry, in his practical way. "Sergeant," admonished the Lieutenant, "you mustn't use such language to your men." "Yes," accorded Shorty; "we'll git some rations from camp by this evenin'. Cap will look out for that. Meanwhile, I'll take out two or three o' the boys on a scout into the country, to see if we can't pick up something to eat." Marvor, however, didn't seem satisfied. "The masters always speak truth," he said. "Is this what you tell me?" MRS. B.: Why are they let, then? My song is short. I am near the dead. So Albert's letter remained unanswered¡ªCaro felt that Reuben was unjust. She had grown very critical of him lately, and a smarting dislike coloured her [Pg 337]judgments. After all, it was he who had driven everybody to whatever it was that had disgraced him. He was to blame for Robert's theft, for Albert's treachery, for Richard's base dependence on the Bardons, for George's death, for Benjamin's disappearance, for Tilly's marriage, for Rose's elopement¡ªit was a heavy load, but Caro put the whole of it on Reuben's shoulders, and added, moreover, the tragedy of her own warped life. He was a tyrant, who sucked his children's blood, and cursed them when they succeeded in breaking free. "Tell my lord," said Calverley, "I will attend him instantly." HoME²Ô¾®¿Õ·¬ºÅѸÀ×Á´½Ó
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