The Collected Works of Ann Hawkshaw

Ann Hawkshaw

Anthem Press, Mar 1, 2015 - Poetry - 508 pages

‘The Collected Works of Ann Hawkshaw’ brings together Hawkshaw’s four volumes of poetry and republishes them for the first time. Debbie Bark’s biography, introduction and notes highlight Hawkshaw’s most significant poems and propose connections with more canonical works alongside which her writing can be productively viewed. Hawkshaw’s writings have been largely neglected since the early twentieth century, but this new volume reaffirms their ability to offer an exceptional insight into the changing political and religious landscape of the Victorian period.

Contents

• 1843: 105
• 1854: 167
• UnderCurrents: 223
• Ina resigning his Crown: 229
• The Pilgrim III: 235
• The Monastery: 241
• The Witena meeting at Easter: 247
• True Workers: 253
• Ethelwulph leaving the Cloister I: 259
• AngloSaxon Patriots: 265
• Alfred the Great III Adversity: 271
• Denulf: 277
• Woman III Ethelgiva the: 283
• The Thanes Fireside: 289
• Dunstan II The Dream: 303
• Ethelred the Unready: 317
• Godwin II The meeting with Ulfr: 331
• DeathShadowings I Edward the Etheling: 345
• Edward the Confessor I XCI Edward the Confessor II XCII The Eventide I XCIII The Eventide II XCIV Harold I XCV Harold II XCVI The Mother ...: 365
• Part II: 417
• Appendix A: 425
• Appendix B: 451
• Bibliography: 457
• Index of First Lines: 465

About the author

Ann Hawkshaw (1812–1885) was born into a large family of dissenters in rural Yorkshire and, by the time of her death, she was a titled, affluent poet moving amidst the most influential circles of the age.

Debbie Bark lectures on nineteenth-century studies in the Department of English Literature at the University of Reading. She has published a number of articles on Ann Hawkshaw which focus on situating the poet’s life and work in their literary and cultural context.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Collected Works of Ann Hawkshaw; Anthem Nineteenth-Century Series
• Author: Ann Hawkshaw
• Editor: Debbie Bark
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Anthem Press, 2015
• ISBN: 1783084219, 9781783084210
• Length: 508 pages
• Subjects: Poetry / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Poetry / General; Poetry / Women Authors