Table of Contents

Jane Barker: a chronology
Introduction
Part I: c.1675-1688
1: Poetical recreations
2: Physick, verse, and female subjectivity
Part II: 1685-1701
3: Catholicism, our holy King, and St Germain
Part III: 1713-1725
4: A Jacobite novelist
5: A writer for pay
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Kathryn King is Associate Professor of English, University of Montevallo, Alabama

Reviews

`fasinating ... King's emphasis on the political and religious aspects of Barker's work is refreshing. For example, her discussion of the themes of courtship and marriage, which recur throughout the work, is intelligent and welcome.'
Clare Pettitt, Times Literary Supplement, Friday 6th April 2001
`fascinating biography of a literary career ... King's emphasis on the political and religious aspects of Barker's work is refreshing. For example, her discussion of the themes of courtship and marriage, wich recur throughout the work, is intelligent and welcome. ... This book certainly leads us in interesting ways back to Barker's work.'
Claire Pettitt, TLS