, ▁editor , ▁and ▁author ▁of ▁children ' s ▁literature . ▁ ▁A ▁" w oman ▁of ▁letters " ▁who ▁published ▁in ▁multiple ▁gen res , ▁Bar ba uld ▁had ▁a ▁successful ▁writing ▁career ▁at ▁a ▁time ▁when ▁women ▁rarely ▁wrote ▁profession ally . ▁She ▁was ▁a ▁noted ▁teacher ▁at ▁the ▁Pal gra ve ▁Academy ▁and ▁an ▁innov ative ▁writer ▁of ▁works ▁for ▁children ; ▁her ▁prim ers ▁provided ▁a ▁model ▁for ▁more ▁than ▁a ▁century . ▁Her ▁ess ays ▁showed ▁it ▁was ▁possible ▁for ▁a ▁woman ▁to ▁be ▁public ly ▁engaged ▁in ▁politics ; ▁other ▁women ▁authors ▁such ▁as ▁Elizabeth ▁Ben ger ▁em ulated ▁her . ▁Bar ba uld ' s ▁literary ▁career ▁sp anned ▁numerous ▁periods ▁in ▁British ▁literary ▁history : ▁her ▁work ▁promoted ▁the ▁values ▁of ▁the ▁En light en ment ▁and ▁of ▁sens ibility , ▁while ▁her ▁poetry ▁made ▁a ▁found ing ▁contribution ▁to ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁British ▁Rom antic ism . ▁Bar ba uld ▁was ▁also ▁a ▁literary ▁critic . ▁Her ▁anth ology ▁of ▁ 1 8 th - century ▁nov els ▁helped ▁to ▁establish ▁the ▁canon ▁as ▁it ▁is ▁known ▁today . ▁ ▁Bar ba uld ' s ▁career ▁as ▁a ▁poet ▁ended ▁ab rupt ly ▁in ▁ 1 8 1 2 , ▁with ▁the ▁publication ▁of ▁E igh teen ▁H undred ▁and ▁Ele ven , ▁which ▁critic ised ▁Britain ' s ▁participation ▁in ▁the ▁Napole onic ▁Wars . ▁She ▁was ▁shock ed ▁by ▁the ▁v icious ▁reviews ▁it ▁received ▁and ▁published ▁nothing ▁else ▁in ▁her ▁lifetime