Talk:Mary Robinson (poet)

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she inspired s t coleridge

Incorrect. She plagiarized Coleridge and Wordsworth. Two years after the success of their Lyrical Ballads she wrote Lyrical Tales, which was little more than an attempt to cash in on the new Romanticism fad.

No one who has read Coleridge and Wordsworth's Lyrical Ballads and Robinson's Lyrical Tales would call her book plagiarism, nor would an informed Romanticist call the rise of the lyrical ballad a "fad." The unsigned accusation above is akin to calling Sir Walter Scott's Waverley a plagiarism of Maria Edgeworth--absurd. Influence does not equal ownership. Genre and form do not belong to anyone.Josh a brewer 01:28, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Biography and Organization

This line seems to present a POV: "the definitive biography of her by Paula Byrne." It should probably be removed. Robinson's Lyrical Tales also warrants further discussion in this article, and her role as poetry editor for the Morning Post could be included. In fact, her literary career needs its own section.Josh a brewer 01:20, 11 March 2007 (UTC)