Lives of the sonnet, 1787-1895 : genre, gender and criticism /
Marianne Van Remoortel.
- Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2011.
- 204 p. ; 24 cm.
- The nineteenth century series .
Includes index.
Introduction -- Invaluable commodities: sonnets in the world -- The secret life of the Della Cruscan sonnet: Gifford's Baviad and Maeviad -- The sonnet parodies of Coleridge and his circle -- Elizabeth Barrett Browning's sonnets from the Portuguese and women's sonnets of the 1800s-1840s -- The inconstancy of genre: Meredith's modern love' metaphor and maternity - Rossetti's house of life and Webster's mother and daughter --Conclusion.
9780754669340 (hardback : alk. paper)
Sonnets, English--History and criticism. English poetry--History and criticism.--19th century Sex role in literature. Romanticism--Great Britain. English newspapers--History--19th century. Poetics--History--19th century. Sonnet.