The Poems of Charlotte Smith
Smith, Charlotte / Curran, Stuart
Charlotte Smith (1749-1806) was the author of ten novels, a play, and a host of innovative educational books for children, as well as several volumes of poetry that helped set priorities and determine the tastes of the culture of early Romanticism. Her Elegiac Sonnets sparked the sonnetrevival in English Romanticism, The Emigrants initiated its passion for lengthy meditative introspection, and Beachy Head lent its poetic engagement with nature...