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This essay examines intertextuality in writing (poetry especially) relating to Charlotte Smith, considering in detail how Smith appeared in the writings of other women writers. Smith's legacy was to inspire and people the poetry of her admirers and that legacy is a demonstrably gendered one. Her male admirers tended to wish to rescue her reputation from oblivion, while her female followers approach her as a source of inspiration and aspire to replicate her achievements in some way in their own work.

An examination of the evolution of the title pages to the ten editions of Elegiac Sonnets and Other Poems that appeared during (and immediately after) Charlotte Smith's lifetime. The essay considers the aesthetic evolution of the title pages and what they reveal about Smith's growing status as a literary celebrity.