0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works

Not currently available

The Fowl and the Pussycat - Love Letters of Michael Field, 1876-1909 (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,442
Discovery Miles 14 420
The Fowl and the Pussycat - Love Letters of Michael Field, 1876-1909 (Hardcover): Katherine Bradley, Edith Cooper

The Fowl and the Pussycat - Love Letters of Michael Field, 1876-1909 (Hardcover)

Katherine Bradley, Edith Cooper; Edited by Sharon Bickle

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R1,442 Discovery Miles 14 420 | Repayment Terms: R135 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Supplier out of stock. If you add this item to your wish list we will let you know when it becomes available.

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 The letters contain both published and unpublished poems and insights into the dramas and their production and are supplemented by extensive annotation and a biographical introduction.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.

General

Imprint: University of Virginia Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: December 2008
First published: December 2008
Authors: Katherine Bradley • Edith Cooper
Editors: Sharon Bickle
Dimensions: 235 x 156 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 978-0-8139-2751-0
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gay & Lesbian studies > Lesbian studies
LSN: 0-8139-2751-X
Barcode: 9780813927510

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

Partners