Difference between revisions of "Letitia Elizabeth Landon"

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* another infanticide poem, like Hemans' [[Felicia Hemans#Casabianca | Casabianca]]
 
* another infanticide poem, like Hemans' [[Felicia Hemans#Casabianca | Casabianca]]
 
* much more angry, skeptical and politically engaged than "Erinna"
 
* much more angry, skeptical and politically engaged than "Erinna"
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=Context=
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*another professional woman poet, the only one other than [[Felicia Hemans]] who had to write to live
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* more at [[Leighton 1992]]

Latest revision as of 18:12, 27 October 2017

Poetry

"Erinna"

  • prefiguring Aurora Leigh with a woman's voice contemplating what it means to be an artist, between Corinne and Aurora
  • key stanza 53-77

"Infanticide in Madagascar"

  • another infanticide poem, like Hemans' Casabianca
  • much more angry, skeptical and politically engaged than "Erinna"

Context