Michael Field was the pseudonym used by Katherine Bradley
(1846-1914) and Edith Cooper (1862-1913) coauthors and lovers for
the poetry and verse drama they published. This edition of the love
letters of Michael Field brings together for the first time a
personal correspondence thought lost by critics. As the first
modern scholarly edition of any of Michael Field's writings, the
168 letters represent a treasure trove of almost untouched
manuscript material, including many from the critical early years
(1876-1885) of this aunt-niece collaboration. The letters contain
both published and unpublished poems and insights into the dramas
and their production and are supplemented by extensive annotation
and a biographical introduction. Recent critical analysis of poetry
and plays written by Michael Field has resulted in more complex
interpretations of lesbian textuality, but our understanding of the
lives of these poets remains obscured by a pervasive myth of unity.
By drawing on previously neglected information about the early
lives of Bradley and Cooper made available in these letters, Bickle
is able to challenge many current perceptions about the poets'
lives. She also shows how the letters provide a context for
understanding the development of specific works and for
reevaluating the significance of Michael Field as a late-Victorian
writer.
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