British Children's Poetry in the Romantic Era: Verse, Riddle, and Rhyme

British Children's Poetry in the Romantic Era: Verse, Riddle, and Rhyme is a thorough study of secular children's verse between 1780 and 1835. Donelle Ruwe reveals the formula for Romantic-era children's poetry and considers the creation of a children's poetry canon, the rise of sentimental children's verse, the first verse-novel for children, and the fads for fantasy poems, rhyming puzzles, and versified study guides. Through in-depth historical research, Ruwe challenges the myths behind the significance of the groundbreaking Original Poems for Infant Minds and also explores the breakout hits from this collection, Ann Taylor's 'My Mother' and Adelaide O'Keeffe's 'The Use of Sight'. This book highlights the manuscript poems of Sara Coleridge, the challenging children's verse of Charlotte Smith, and the impact of Madame de Genlis, John Aikin, Elizabeth Turner, Rousseau, Barbauld, Watts, and Blake on the development of a children's poetry aesthetic.

Author: D. Ruwe
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 07/23/2014
Pages: 253
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.50w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781137319791
ISBN10: 1137319798
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Books & Reading
- Literary Criticism | Children's & Young Adult Literature
- Literary Criticism | Poetry

About the Author
Donelle Ruwe is Professor of English at Northern Arizona University, USA, and Co-President of the 18th and 19th-Century British Women Writers Association. She has edited Culturing the Child, 1690-1914: Essays in Memory of Mitzi Myers (2005) and has published two award-winning poetry chapbooks. Her work has appeared in Children's Literature, Eighteenth-Century Life, European Romantic Review, English Journal, and Lion and the Unicorn.