ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD AND 18TH-CENTURY VISIONARY POETICS

Examines in close detail both the form and content of Barbauld's Poems, originally published in 1773, and revised and reissued in 1792. Along with careful readings of the poems that situate the works in their broader political, historical, and philosophical contexts, Watkins explores the tension in Barbauld's poetry.