Table of Contents

Contents: The Rights of Woman: Anne Finch, "The Introduction" - Making Atonements: Laetitia Pilkington, "Carte Blanche" - A Possessive Guest: Jane Barker, "To My Muse" - Of Bubbles and Verse: Anna Letitia Barbauld, "Washing-Day" - The Broken Petticoat: Sarah Dixon, "The Slattern" - Portrait of a Madwoman: Mary Leapor, "Mira's Picture" - Out of Reach: Anne Finch, "To the Nightingale" - Sighing and Singing: Charlotte Smith, "To a Nightingale".

About the Author

The Author: Kirsten Juhas studied English language and literature, German language and literature, and Cultural Studies at the Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat, Munster. From 1998 to 2003, she worked as a Research Assistant at the English Department as well as at the Ehrenpreis Centre for Swift Studies. She submitted her doctoral dissertation to the University's Faculty of Arts in 2007.