The Female Poets of America
The Female Poets of America

Author: Thomas Buchanan Read

Publisher:

Published: 1850

Total Pages: 528

ISBN-13:

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"The first major anthology of American women poets with over 70 poets represented. Each selection is preceded by a biographical sketch"--Bookdealer's description

A Book of Women Poets from Antiquity to Now
A Book of Women Poets from Antiquity to Now

Author: Aliki Barnstone

Publisher: Schocken

Published: 1992-04-28

Total Pages: 848

ISBN-13: 0805209972

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A monument to the literary genius of women throughout the ages, A Book of Women Poets from Antiquity to Now is an invaluable collection. Here in one volume are the works of three hundred poets from six different continents and four millennia. This revised edition includes a newly expanded section of American poets from the colonial era to the present. "[A] splendid collection of verse by women" (TIME) throughout the ages and around the world; now revised and expanded, with 38 American poets.

Antebellum American Women's Poetry
Antebellum American Women's Poetry

Author: Wendy Dasler Johnson

Publisher: SIU Press

Published: 2016-08-10

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 080933500X

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This book explores sentimental poetry, an often overlooked, yet significant and persuasive pre-Civil War American discourse. At a time when a woman speaking before a mixed-gender audience might be labeled "promiscuous," many women presented their views through sentimental poetry, a blend of affect with intellect.