After years of literary neglect, Charlotte Smith (1749–1806) is now being recognized as a major poet and modern figure whose Romantic sensibility is an expression of a specifically female experience. This selection provides an ideal introduction to the full range of her work, from her influential sonnets and poems for children to extracts from her French Revolution poem The Emigrants and the full text of her astonishing masterwork Beachy Head.
Author Biography
Charlotte Smith was a prolific writer of gothic novels and works for children. She is the author of Beachy Head and Elegiac Sonnets. Judith Willson is a former editor of Oxford University's Journal of Semitic Studies. She is currently an editor at Carcanet Press.
