Reading Desire in the Pastorals of Elizabeth Singer Rowe

‘My Bright Love shall all this blackness chase’: The Theological Poetry of Elizabeth Singer Rowe

“…Some scholars have even argued that a focus on Rowe's religiosity obscures the complexity and depth of her creative writing. 4 It is exactly this notion that I wish to challenge. I argue here that Rowe's religious views provide an important foundation for a critical consideration of her works and, in particular, of her manipulation of the poetic form as a means to convey important aspects of Protestant thought.…”