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Women Poets of the Romantic Period, 1770-1839
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The University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries has a significant collection of first and early editions of poetry by women writers of the British Romantic Period (1770—roughly 1839). The 83-volume nucleus of the collection, which was acquired in 1996, has been expanded to more than 350 works by such writers as Anna Barbauld, Charlotte Smith, Mary Robinson, Felicia Hemans, and numerous other authors, both well-known and more obscure. Selected prose works by women poets, notably Helen Maria Williams' controversial books on the French Revolution, are also part of the collection. The works, which range in subject from poems for very young children to impassioned political statements, were written by women of every class of society, from aristocrats to domestic servants. The collection is located in the Special Collections Department, Norlin Library, Room N345.
PLEASE NOTE: This list is frequently revised and updated as books are purchased or analyzed. It is intended as a preliminary listing only, to provide access until the collection is fully cataloged. Some information is based on book dealers' descriptions or standard bibliographies. The form for authors' names is that used in Jackson, J. R. de J., Romantic Poetry by Women: A Bibliography, 1770-1835. Anonymous works are indicated by square brackets around the attributed author's name; for example: [CELESIA, DOROTHEA.] Almida, a tragedy... By a Lady.
Related Websites
Literary Resources - Romantic : Links to related websites
Romantics : Romantic Era resources
Women Romantic-Era Writers : British women writers
British Women Romantic Poets, 1789-1832 : An Electronic Collection of Texts
Romanticism On the Net : Articles, reviews, conferences, journals, and other related sites
