''Tales of Superstition and Chivalry'' was an illustrated

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collection written by Anne Bannerman. It was published anonymously by Vernor and Hood in 1802, two years after her first volume, ''Poems''. The reviews of ''Tales'' were not as favorable as for the earlier production, though it is often now considered her strongest work. In 1807, the two collections were combined, revised, and re-printed as ''Poems, a New Edition''. The illustrations were handled by

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Literary criticism

''The Poetical Register, and Repository of Fugitive Poetry'' (1802):— ''The British Critic'' (1803-01):—

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Bibliography

* * {{cite book, last=Garner, first=Katie, title=Romantic Women Writers and Arthurian Legend: The Quest for Knowledge, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=grJCDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA89, date=11 December 2017, publisher=Springer, isbn=978-1-137-59712-0

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