▁for ▁humor ▁and ▁ir ony ", ▁to ▁arrive ▁at ▁a ▁literary ▁figure ▁that ▁modern ists ▁des pis ed . ▁ ▁As ▁literary ▁studies ▁developed ▁into ▁a ▁discipline ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁the ▁orig ins ▁of ▁Rom antic ism ▁in ▁England ▁emer ged ▁along ▁with ▁it . ▁According ▁to ▁this ▁version ▁of ▁literary ▁history , ▁Col er idge ▁and ▁Word sw orth ▁were ▁the ▁dominant ▁po ets ▁of ▁the ▁age . ▁This ▁view ▁held ▁s way ▁for ▁almost ▁a ▁century . ▁Even ▁with ▁the ▁advent ▁of ▁femin ist ▁criticism ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s , ▁Bar ba uld ▁did ▁not ▁receive ▁her ▁due . ▁As ▁Margaret ▁Ez ell ▁explains , ▁femin ist ▁critics ▁wanted ▁to ▁res ur rect ▁a ▁particular ▁kind ▁of ▁woman ▁– ▁one ▁who ▁was ▁angry , ▁who ▁resist ed ▁the ▁gender ▁roles ▁of ▁her ▁time , ▁and ▁who ▁attempted ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁sister hood ▁with ▁other ▁women . ▁Bar ba uld ▁did ▁not ▁easily ▁fit ▁into ▁these ▁categories . ▁Indeed , ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁until ▁Rom antic ism ▁and ▁its ▁canon ▁began ▁to ▁be ▁re - ex am ined ▁through ▁a ▁deep ▁re ass ess ment ▁of ▁femin ism ▁itself ▁that ▁a ▁picture ▁emer ged ▁of ▁the ▁v ibr ant ▁voice ▁that ▁Bar ba uld ▁had ▁contributed . ▁ ▁Bar ba uld ' s ▁works ▁fell ▁out ▁of ▁print ▁and ▁no ▁full - length ▁scholar ly ▁bi ography ▁of ▁her ▁was ▁written ▁until ▁William ▁Mc Car thy '