English Literature / Unit 13 ENL 1237 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Women Poets of the Romantic Era
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The idea
Women poets were central to the era's market: Charlotte Smith revived the sonnet, Barbauld wrote against slavery and war, Hemans outsold almost everyone, and Letitia Elizabeth Landon, writing as "L.E.L.," developed the metrical romance toward the Victorian dramatic monologue.
In practice
Smith, Barbauld, Hemans, L.E.L.
Where people slip
These poets sold widely in their day.
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