A Voice of Her Own: Ann Yearsley’s Journey of Poetic Independence
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Ann Yearsley, often referred to as the Bristol milkwoman, occupies a distinct place in the British poetic tradition. Above all, she, unlike many other laboring-class poets of her time, openly and frequently addresses political and societal issues in her works, reflecting her status as a respectable intellectual poet. In this essay, I explore Yearsley’s pursuit of intellectual independence and the strategies she adopted early in her career to navigate the constraints imposed upon her as a laboring-class poet. These strategies, I argue, are intricately linked to the notorious feud with Hannah More, who first discovered a “natural genius” in Yearsley. After demonstrating Yearsley’s strategies to establish herself as an independent poet, I examine her later poems that illustrate the unique vision she offers the British nation with her hard-earned right to express her thoughts. This vision, supported through her experience as a laboring-class poet, questions and challenges the status quo by ironically appropriating the middle-class discourse. I show that Yearsley’s ambitious poetry, grounded in her singular place as both an authoritative intellectual and a laboring-class woman poet, is an original contribution and a valuable addition to the poetic tradition in the long eighteenth century.
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Ann Yearsley, often referred to as the Bristol milkwoman, occupies a distinct place in the British poetic tradition. Above all, she, unlike many other laboring-class poets of her time, openly and frequently addresses political and societal issues in her works, reflecting her status as a respectable intellectual poet. In this essay, I explore Yearsley’s pursuit of intellectual independence and the strategies she adopted early in her career to navigate the constraints imposed upon her as a laboring-class poet. These strategies, I argue, are intricately linked to the notorious feud with Hannah More, who first discovered a “natural genius” in Yearsley. After demonstrating Yearsley’s strategies to establish herself as an independent poet, I examine her later poems that illustrate the unique vision she offers the British nation with her hard-earned right to express her thoughts. This vision, supported through her experience as a laboring-class poet, questions and challenges the status quo by ironically appropriating the middle-class discourse. I show that Yearsley’s ambitious poetry, grounded in her singular place as both an authoritative intellectual and a laboring-class woman poet, is an original contribution and a valuable addition to the poetic tradition in the long eighteenth century.
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