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- Title
"We Should Be That Iago": Counterfactual Sympathy and the Lyric "We" in Augusta Webster's Portraits and A Housewife's Opinions.
- Authors
MADDEN, CAOLAN
- Abstract
The article explores writings of 19th century British author Augusta Webster, focusing on the poem "A Castaway," from the poetry collection "Portraits," as well as the essay “Poets and Personal Pronouns” from her book "A Housewife’s Opinions." Topics considered include counterfactuals, poetics, and social reform in Victorian literature.
- Subjects
WEBSTER, Augusta, 1837-1894; CASTAWAY, A (Poem); PORTRAITS (Book); HOUSEWIFE'S Opinions, A (Book); COUNTERFACTUALS (Logic); SOCIAL problems in literature; SOCIAL justice in literature; VICTORIAN (Literary period)
- Publication
Victorian Poetry, 2017, Vol 55, Issue 1, p63
- ISSN
0042-5206
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.1353/vp.2017.0004