The contribution of women to Romantic poetry has been generally underestimated. Romantic Poetry by Women: A Bibliography, 1770 - 1835 provides the first complete record of the volumes of verse written by women and reveals the scale of their involvement in the Romantic movement. The Bibliography includes the work of around 900 authors , with biographical headnotes. It is fully indexed and cross-referenced, providing details of publication, indexes of publishers and places of publication, as well as of authors and titles. This will be an indispensable resource for all students of writing by women and of Romantic poetry in general.

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'In addition to the bibliographic and biographical details themselves, historians of the book will welcome the very useful index of publishers...The very thoroughness of this bibliography serves to open up, as in this instance, rather than foreclose questions of women's literary production during the period. It will be a crucial and most stimulating research tool.' The Library 18.1

'The book is comprehensive and meticulously researched. Its scope and thoroughness are awe-inspiring...a work that clearly exhibits the highest standards of bibliographic scholarship. No other single source provides such a complete and extensive list of volumes of poetry published by women writers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Jackson's Romantic Poetry by Women is without doubt an indispensable refernce book for scholars of the Romantic period.' English Studies in Canada

'Professor Jackson's Bibliography will no doubt be a useful tool to feminist studies ... the titles listed and the Professor Jackson's Introduction tells of dogged research in British, American, and occasionally Canadian libraries. I have not, checked its accuracy; but no doubt its intended audience will find that as complete as we have come to expect from the compiler.' W.J.B. Owen, McMaster University, Review of English Studies, Vol. 47, No. 186, May '96

'This is an excellently produced book whch is clearly arranged and easy to use.' Lionel Madden, National Library of Wales, Language and Literature

'Jackson undertook a very thorough search for additional women authors of the period. He traveled to libraries worldwide, consulting various catalogs, individual books, collections, and unpublished sources. This reliable and thorough bibliography complements other reference sources on historic women poets.' S.R. Moore, University of Southwestern, Louisiana, Choice, Mar '94