Studies in Romanticism, September 22nd, 2001
I. Introduction ALTHOUGH SHE WAS A WELL-KNOWN AND HIGHLY RESPECTED WRITER OF poetry, children's literature, civil sermons, and critical prose, Anna Laetitia Barbauld (born Aikin, 1743-1825) was reluctant to view herself as a professional author. Most crucially, Barbauld did not depend on her writing for a livelihood, and emphasized the social and moral concerns shaping her forays into print. Her notion of poetic labor was forged not only in the culture of sensibility, but in the culture of religious dissent. The Aikins were active members of the non-conformist community located in Lancashire ...
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