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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809677103321

Autore

Barker Jane <1652-1732.>

Titolo

The Galesia trilogy and selected manuscript poems of Jane Barker [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Carol Shiner Wilson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c1997

ISBN

0-19-772424-8

1-280-76043-5

9786610760435

0-19-535876-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (379 p.)

Collana

Women writers in English 1350-1850

Altri autori (Persone)

WilsonCarol Shiner <1946->

Disciplina

828/.409

Soggetti

Poetry

Love poetry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. xliii-xliv) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Selected Bibliography; Notes on the Text; THE GALESIA TRILOGY: Love Intrigues; SELECTED POEMS FROM PART TWO OF THE MAGDALEN MANUSCRIPT; INDEX OF FIRST LINES OF POEMS

Sommario/riassunto

Novelist, religious convert, political poet and sometime Jacobite spy, Barker wrote prolifically on a remarkable variety of subjects. ""A Patch-Work Screen for the Ladies"" (1723) and ""The Lining of the Patch-Work Screen"" (1726) achieved immense popularity upon first appearance.