Memoir of Mrs Barbauld: Including Letters and Notices of Her Family and Friends

by Anna Letitia Le Breton

Book Overview

Anna Letitia Barbauld (1743-1825), poet, educator and essayist, is now considered to be one of the most important writers of the early Romantic period. Included in her highly regarded works on literary, political, social, and other intellectual topics is the ambitious poem Eighteen Hundred and Eleven (1812), which condemned Britain's participation in the Napoleonic Wars. She gained recognition for her influential elementary textbooks Lessons for Children...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108059562
• ISBN13: 9781108059565
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"