Fatal women of romanticism

Craciun's book does a good job of drawing together a variety of writings to illustrate her thesis ... As more and more women writers are admitted to the 'canon', and as traditionally canonical male writers and traditional formulations of Romanticism are reviewed in light of this work, a book like Craciun's is timely and welcome ... It is a strength of Craciun's book that she has taken the time to investigate this writing and formulate a useful and interesting theory about their significances ... its breadth of coverage is impressive...