'The Collected Works of Ann Hawkshaw' brings together Hawkshaw's four volumes of poetry and republishes them for the first time. Debbie Bark's biography, introduction and notes highlight Hawkshaw's most significant poems and propose connections with more canonical works alongside which her writing can be productively viewed. Hawkshaw's writings have been largely neglected since the early twentieth century, but this new volume reaffirms their ability to offer an exceptional insight into the changing political and religious landscape of the Victorian period.

An authoritative collection of Ann Hawkshaw's four volumes of poetry, accompanied by a biographical and critical introduction that places the poet and her work in their cultural and literary context.

About the Author

Ann Hawkshaw (1812-1885) was born into a large family of dissenters in rural Yorkshire and, by the time of her death, she was a titled, affluent poet moving amidst the most influential circles of the age.

Debbie Bark lectures on nineteenth-century studies in the Department of English Literature at the University of Reading. She has published a number of articles on Ann Hawkshaw which focus on situating the poet's life and work in their literary and cultural context.

Reviews

'A reflective, witty and erudite writer, Ann Hawkshaw merits recognition for her wide-ranging and philosophical poetry and children's verse. After more than a century of unmerited neglect, Bark's comprehensive biographical and critical introduction and notes make Hawkshaw's life and works fully accessible for modern readers.' -Professor Florence Boos, University of Iowa

'This superb edition brings Hawkshaw's unique gifts into visibility. Exhaustive annotation illuminates her remarkable poems, and detailed archival work reveals for the first time Hawkshaw's life of upward mobility in a vigorous dissenting culture.' -Professor Isobel Armstrong, Birkbeck, University of London

Book Information
ISBN 9781783080212
Author Debbie Bark
Format Hardback
Page Count 508
Imprint Anthem Press
Publisher Anthem Press
Weight(grams) 454g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 153mm * 32mm