Epic "apply'd": Mary Leapor's "Crumble Hall" and the Epic Mode

• Published in: Women's writing : the Elizabethan to Victorian period Vol. 30; no. 3; pp. 258 - 275
• Main Author: Walker-Cook, Anthony
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 03.07.2023; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: 18th century; Women

Women's involvement in the reception history of the epic genre is largely unwritten. This article explores how women writers of the period used the mock heroic to write of their own histories and experiences. I propose that three distinct developments in the eighteenth-century literary landscap...