The Anne Finch Wellesley manuscript poems

by Winchilsea, Anne Kingsmill Finch Countess of

"The publication of the Wellesley manuscript marks the first complete edition of fifty-three poems by the most talented and significant woman poet of the Restoration and eighteenth century. Anne Finch (1661-1720) wrote most of these poems in the last decade of her life, and they are essential to a complete evaluation of her work." "This authoritative edition, edited by Barbara McGovern and Charles H. Hinnant, is useful for scholars and all readers of eighteenth-century poetry and women's literature. It contains textual notes, commentary, and an introduction that examines many of the issues relevant to Finch's poetry, including political climate, literary milieu, personal circumstances, and gender awareness."--BOOK JACKET.