Michael Field's Letters
Edited book (chapter)
Bickle, Sharon A.. 2025. "Michael Field's Letters." Parker, Sarah (ed.) Michael Field in Context. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. pp. 20-29
| Chapter Title | Michael Field's Letters |
|---|---|
| Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
| ERA Publisher ID | 1418 |
| Book Title | Michael Field in Context |
| Authors | Bickle, Sharon A. |
| Editors | Parker, Sarah |
| Page Range | 20-29 |
| Series | Literature in Context |
| Chapter Number | 3 |
| Number of Pages | 10 |
| Year | 2025 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Place of Publication | Cambridge |
| ISBN | 9781009382625 |
| Web Address (URL) | https://www.cambridge.org/au/universitypress/subjects/literature/english-literature-1830-1900/michael-field-context?format=HB&isbn=9781009382625#contents |
| Abstract | It is a sobering reflection that, had their diaries never existed, Michael Field scholarship still would be better served by Bradley and Cooper’s extensive body of letters than most other women writers. The sheer excess of autobiographical material that the joint journals bring to the table makes the large number of surviving letters seem superfluous, but this is an illusion. As a double-handed account of the lives of Bradley and Cooper, Works and Days begins with the 1888–89 volume, and the family’s removal from the Clifton area of Bristol to Blackboro’ Lodge in Surrey. It is in their letters alone that we find contemporary accounts of the 1880s, the decade in which Michael Field publish their first volume, Callirrhoë/Fair Rosamund (1884) and in which Bradley and Cooper begin to see themselves as lovers, yet their letters remain substantially unexplored. |
| Keywords | women's writing; Michael Field; letters; life writing; Victorian literature |
| Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
| ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 470504. British and Irish literature |
| Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
| Byline Affiliations | School of Humanities and Communication |
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