Anna Laetitia Barbauld was one of the most prominent literary figures of her time in England. She was a popular poet, a sharp-witted essayist and literary critic, and a much-beloved author of stories ...
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With her first publication, a slender volume titled Poems (1773), Anna Laetitia Aikin became a figure of eminence in the world of letters; she would hold that position until her death--as Anna Laetiti...
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Anna Laetitia Barbauld gained prominence in the last decades of the eighteenth century and the early years of the nineteenth century as an educator, through her work as a teacher in the school she and...
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Anna Laetitia Barbauld established her reputation as an author through her poetry, editing, political tracts, and innovative children's and pedagogical literature. Though she was a Dissenter, and many...
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In the following excerpt, the writer summarizes Barbauld's contributions to English literature.
We fear that not many of our readers will have very distinct ideas suggested to their minds by th...
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In the following excerpt, Ritchie discusses Barbauld's political convictions and reviews several of her poems and essays.
"The first poetess I can recollect is Mrs. Barbauld, with whose ...
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In the following excerpt, Pickering examines Barbauld's place in the history of children's literature and suggests that her writings influenced the development of English Romanticism.
Pi...
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In the following excerpt, Messenger analyzes Barbauld's use of the mock-heroic mode in her satirical writings, particularly "The Groans of the Tankard" and "Washing-Day. &#...
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In the following excerpt, Moore reviews Barbauld's essays on novelists and argues that she made important contributions to the history and theory of the novel.
A versatile woman—poet, es...
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Anna Laetitia Barbauld
