Women's Writing of the Romantic Period, 1789-1836: An Anthology Book

This groundbreaking anthology brings together a wide selection of women's nonfiction writing from the Romantic period, most of which is unavailable anywhere else, and provides a vital new feminist perspective on an important literary era. Arranged chronologically, and accompanied critical and historical introductions, the works discussed include poetry, critical essays, travel literature, political commentary, and diaries, from such writers as Mary Wollstonecraft, Maria Edgeworth, Harriet Martineau, Dorothy Wordsworth, and Frances Trollope, among others.