In this profile, Emma Donoghue tells the story of two eccentric Victorian spinsters: Katherine Bradley (1846-1914) and her niece Edith Cooper (1862-1913); poets and lovers, who wrote together under the name of Michael Field.
They wrote eleven volumes of poetry and thirty historical tragedies, but perhaps their best work - richest in emotional honesty and wit - was the diary that the two women shared for a quarter of a century, and these unpublished journals and letters form the basis for the groundbreaking We are Michael Field.
The Michaels lived in a contradictory world of inherited wealth and terrible illness, silly nicknames and religious crises. They preferred men to women, and yet their greatest devotion was saved for their dog. Snobbish, arrogant eccentrics who faced bereavement and death with great courage, the Michaels never lost their appetite for life or their passion for each other.
| ISBN: | 9781447279563 |
| Publication date: | 28th August 2014 |
| Author: | Emma Donoghue |
| Publisher: | Bello an imprint of Pan Macmillan |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 142 pages |
| Genres: |
Biography: writers Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Literary studies: poetry and poets Diaries, letters and journals |
In this profile, Emma Donoghue tells the story of two eccentric Victorian spinsters: Katherine Bradley (1846-1914) and her niece Edith Cooper (1862-1913); poets and lovers, who wrote together under the name of Michael Field.
They wrote eleven volumes of poetry and thirty historical tragedies, but perhaps their best work - richest in emotional honesty and wit - was the diary that the two women shared for a quarter of a century, and these unpublished journals and letters form the basis for the groundbreaking We are Michael Field.
The Michaels lived in a contradictory world of inherited wealth and terrible illness, silly nicknames and religious crises. They preferred men to women, and yet their greatest devotion was saved for their dog. Snobbish, arrogant eccentrics who faced bereavement and death with great courage, the Michaels never lost their appetite for life or their passion for each other.
We Are Michael Field features in the following genres: Biography: writers, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Diaries, letters and journals
We Are Michael Field is available in Hardback, Paperback
We Are Michael Field was written by Emma Donoghue and published by Bello an imprint of Pan Macmillan
We Are Michael Field has 142 pages