Project Gutenberg 2024-10-21 Public domain in the USA. 113 Squire, John Collings, Sir 1884 1958 Squire, J. C. (John Collings) Squire, Jack Collings A book of women's verse $aOxford :$bClarendon Press, $c1921. Aaron Adrignola, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "A Book of Women's Verse" by Sir John Collings Squire is a collection of poetry edited with a prefatory essay, written in the early 20th century. This anthology seeks to bring attention to the contributions of women poets throughout history, acknowledging both celebrated and lesser-known voices. The work addresses themes of gender and literary recognition, with an emphasis on the evolution of women’s roles in literature. The opening of the anthology begins with an exploration of the motivations behind compiling this collection, highlighting societal curiosity towards women's contributions to the arts. Squire reflects on previous collections of women's poems, providing a critical overview of their merits and shortcomings. He shares insights about the historical context in which women writers operated, noting the challenges they faced and the self-consciousness often present in their works. The preface sets the stage for an inclusive collection that aims to celebrate the diverse voices of women poets, inviting readers to reconsider their literary significance. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/bookofwomensvers00squirich/page/n5/mode/2up 20230515051647squire 1921 US Reading ease score: 73.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Women -- Poetry English poetry -- Women authors PR Text 535948 2025-07-29T12:11:55.509616 text/html 506079 2024-10-21T17:01:09 text/html 479745 2025-07-29T12:12:09.929619 application/epub+zip 474033 2025-07-29T12:11:57.896668 application/epub+zip 311621 2025-07-29T12:11:56.595617 application/epub+zip 934124 2025-07-29T12:12:17.080559 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 844964 2025-07-29T12:12:08.693601 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 292498 2025-07-29T12:11:53.163191 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 272575 2024-10-21T17:01:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15479 2025-07-29T12:12:17.256516 application/rdf+xml 10197 2025-07-29T12:11:56.945627 image/jpeg 1579 2025-07-29T12:11:56.773615 image/jpeg 768780 2025-07-29T12:11:55.546607 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia