English Literature / Unit 11 ENL 1010 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Anne Finch
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The idea
Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea, wrote odes, pastorals and fables, and in "The Introduction" complained that "a woman that attempts the pen" is thought an intruder on the rights of men. Wordsworth and the Romantics admired her nature poetry, as in "A Nocturnal Reverie."
In practice
A woman who writes, and the night landscape.
Where people slip
Finch wrote on gender and on nature.
Your place on the trail
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