Writing Romanticism: Charlotte Smith and William Wordsworth, 1784-1807 [Paperback]

What is 'Wordsworthian' Romanticism and how did it evolve? This book argues that only by reading Charlotte Smith's poetry in tandem with William Wordsworth's can this question?be answered, demonstrating their mutual contribution to the creation of the 'Wordsworthian', through literary analysis and historical contextualizing of their writings.Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Writing the Lyrical Ballad: Hybridity and Self-Reflexity Mediating History: War Poetry Subject to Place, Subjected by Poetry Modelling the Romantic Poet 1807: The Art of Poetry on a New Plan Conclusion Bibliography Index

'Jacqueline Labbe's work on Charlotte Smith is second to none...Labbe's is a bold vision, and one likely to change the way in which

we view early Romanticism.' - Claire Knowles, European Romantic Review

JACQUELINE M. LABBE teaches and researches in the area of British Romantic Poetry and Poetics at the University of Warwick, UK. She is the author of the first scholarly book on Charlotte Smith's poetry and of numerous articles on Smith and Wordsworth. She has written three monographs, edited and contributed to four major collections of essays, and edited Smith's poetry and her novel The Old Manor House (1794).