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- Title
Inscribing on the Mind: Anna Letitia Barbauld's 'Sensible Objects'.
- Authors
WHARTON, JOANNA
- Abstract
This article discusses the significance of the sensory object in the work of Anna Letitia Barbauld. It focuses on two strands of her writing - her pedagogic texts and her object poems - drawing links between the two through the associationist schema of impression and inscription. I argue that Barbauld shapes the text as a sensible object in order to forge lasting connections in the mind of the child, as well as to strengthen and maintain social associations. I suggest that a consideration of the materiality of these texts can shed light on their integration into the sensory lives of their readers.
- Subjects
BARBAULD, Mrs. (Anna Letitia), 1743-1825; LITERARY criticism; ENGLISH poetry; ENGLISH children's literature; HYMNS in Prose for Children (Book); OBJECTS in literature; SENSES; HARTLEY, David, 1705-1757; HISTORY; WOMEN authors
- Publication
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, 2012, Vol 35, Issue 4, p535
- ISSN
1754-0194
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.1111/j.1754-0208.2012.00538.x