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The Collected Poems of Amelia Alderson Opie is the first annotated scholarly edition of the poetic corpus of Amelia Opie (1769-1853), a woman writer who made a significant contribution to literary culture in Britain during the Romantic and early Victorian periods.
The Collected Poems of Amelia Alderson Opie offers the first collected, scholarly edition of poetical writings of one of the most celebrated women writers of the early nineteenth century. It brings together poems from a variety of sources, including three volumes of poetry assembled by the author, annual anthologies, periodicals, songs, manuscripts, fictional tales, broad sheets, separately published pamphlets, and unpublished private correspondence. The poems included cover the entire range of Opie's long career, starting with her earliest surviving works from the 1790s and extending through her last poems in 1850. The arrangement proposed for this edition gives an overall sense of Opie's d...
Amelia Alderson Opie is considered one of the most influential women writers of the Romantic era, and this collection of poems showcases some of her finest work. The editor has drawn from Opie's vast body of published work, selecting only the most powerful and enduring poems for inclusion. This book is a must-read for fans of Romantic poetry, feminists, and anyone interested in the literary history of women. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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