附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 611-620) and indexes.
Introduction: Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, 1793-1835 -- Works -- The Statue of the Dying Gladiator -- The Domestic Affections -- Epitaph on Mr. W --, a Celebrated Mineralogist (ca. 1814-16) -- The Restoration of the Works of Art to Italy: A Poem (1816) -- Modern Greece, A Poem (1817) -- The Widow of Crescentius -- The Abencerrage -- The Last Banquet of Antony and Cleopatra -- Alaric in Italy -- The Wife of Asdrubal -- Heliodorus in the Temple -- Night-Scene in Genoa -- The Troubadour, and Richard Coeur de Lion -- The Death of Conradin -- Patriotic Effusions of the Italian Poets (1821) -- Elysium -- The Siege of Valencia: A Dramatic Poem -- Songs of the Cid -- England's Dead -- The Suliote Mother -- The Treasures of the Deep -- Bring Flowers -- The Sound of the Sea -- Arabella Stuart -- The Bride of the Greek Isle -- The Switzer's Wife -- Properzia Rossi -- Gertrude, or Fidelity till Death -- Imelda -- Edith, a Tale of the Woods -- The Indian City -- The Peasant Girl of the Rhone -- Indian Woman's Death-Song -- Joan of Arc, in Rheims -- Pauline -- Juana -- The American Forest-Girl -- Costanza -- Madeline, a Domestic Tale -- The Queen of Prussia's Tomb -- The Memorial Pillar -- The Grave of a poetess -- The Homes of England -- The Sicilian Captive -- The Lady of the Castle -- Tasso and his Sister -- To Wordsworth -- The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers in New England -- The Palm-Tree -- The Illuminated City -- The Spells of Home -- The Graves of a Household -- The Image in Lava -- A Parting Song -- The Traveller at the Source of the Nile -- Casabianca -- Our Daily Paths -- The Lost Pleiad -- The Dying Improvisatore -- Evening Prayer at a Girls' School -- The Cliffs of Dover -- Night-Blowing Flowers -- The Broken Chain -- Woman and Fame -- The Mirror in the Deserted hall -- A Spirit's Return -- The Two Homes -- The Land of Dreams -- Woman on the Field of Battle -- Supplement: To the Memory of Lord Charles Murray -- The Deserted House -- Corinne at the Capitol -- Th
摘要:The first standard edition of the writings of Felicia Hemans (1793-1835), this volume marks a revival of interest in, and a new critical appreciation of, one of the most important literary figures of the early nineteenth century. A best-selling poet in England and America, Felicia Hemans was regarded as leading female poet in her day, celebrated as the epitome of national "feminine" values. However, this same narrow perception of her work eventually relegated Hemans to an obscurity lightened occasionally by parody and a sentimental enthusiasm for poems such as "The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers" and "Casabianca." Only now is Hemans's work being rediscovered and reconsidered--for the complexity of its social and political vision, but also for its sounding of dissonances in nineteenth-century cultural ideals, and for its recasting of the traditional canon of male "Romantics." , Offering readers a firsthand acquaintance with the remarkable range of Hemans's writing, this volume includes five major works in their entirety, along with a much-admired aggregate, Records of Woman. Hemans's letters, many published here for the first time, reflect her views of her contemporaries, her work, her negotiations with publishers, and her emerging celebrity, while reviews and letters from others--including Lord Byron, Walter Scott, and the Wordsworths--tell the story of Hemans's reception in her time. An introduction by editor Susan Wolfson puts these writings, as well as Hemans's life and work, into much-needed perspective for the contemporary reader.
