Felicia Hemans: Selected Poems, Letters, Reception Materials

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A best-selling poet in England and America, Felicia Hemans was regarded as leading female poet in her day, celebrated as the epitome of national 'feminine' values. This title features a collection of her writings. It includes her letters, which reflect her views of her contemporaries, her work, her negotiations with publishers, and her celebrity.

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"This excellent documentary edition should serve to revive interest in one of the most popular literary figures of the early 19th century."--Virginia Quarterly Review "It is one of the great triumphs of Susan Wolfson's fine new edition that she enables us to see so clearly and with such an unencumbered view the work of one of the greatest of British Romantic poets. This edition sets--and then meets--high standards for textual editing, for circumspect biography, and for intellectual aesthetic, and cultural sensitivity."--Stephen Behrendt, Criticism "This latest offering from Susan Wolfson will undoubtedly become a common reference-point and focus for further consideration of Hemans."--Myra Cottingham, Modern Language Review

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Susan Wolfson is Professor of English at Princeton University. She is the author of several critical volumes on poetry of the British Romantic era and the editor of critical editions of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and editions of Byron, Hood, Praed, Beddoes, as well as the "Romantics" unit of the "Longman Anthology of British Literature."