Woman and Poet in the Eighteenth Century:

The Life of Mary Whateley Darwall 1738 - 1825

by Ann Messenger

New York: AMS Press, Inc., 1999

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD+ condition.

• ISBN: 040463527
• Green cloth over boards features intact bright gilt on front and spine.
• Corners are sharp.
• Binding is tight, and generally feels unread. 
• Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• The top text block edge shows a faint horizontal scratch. (See Photos)
• Book may exhibit additional minor signs of age or wear.
• AJ20190517

273 pages. 6.25 x 9.25 inches.

This biography of the poet Mary Whateley Darwall includes 18 of her poems. It describes how she was thought to be a poetic genius and how she associated with William Shenstone, John Langhorne, Mary Seward and Henry Cary. It also reveals her struggles as a woman in 18th-century British society.

EDITION POINTS: The Life of Mary Whateley Darwall is a part of series of books: AMS Studies in the Eighteenth Century, No. 27

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