A History of Nineteenth-Century American Women's Poetry is the first book to construct a coherent history of the field and focus entirely on women's poetry of t

This publication marks the first time in a hundred years that a wide range of nineteenth-century American women's poetry has been accessible to the general publ

In Plain Sight explores how the poetry of nineteenth-century American women that was once so visible within American culture could have, with the exception of t

Paula Bernat's anthology, based on seven years of pioneering archival research, establishes nineteenth-century American women's poetry as a major field in Ameri

An introductory essay will identify central concerns, historical backgrounds, evolving patterns and poetic issues, as marked through the course of the century.