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9781568332536

Anna Wickham A Poet's Daring Life

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    9781568332536

  • ISBN10:

    156833253X

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2003-06-04
  • Publisher: Madison Books
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Summary

Based on new documents and family correspondence, and including twenty complete poems, this marvelous biography chronicles the life of British poet Anna Wickham.

Author Biography

Jennifer Vaughan Jones teaches composition and literature at Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. vii
Permissionsp. xiii
Wimbledon, and Then the Sea (1883-1890)p. 1
"I had traveled in my youth past saturation point" (Queensland 1890-1896)p. 15
Life in Sydney (1897-1904)p. 29
Singing, London and Paris (1904-1906)p. 42
"Not a Single Crumpled Rose Leaf"p. 58
"An Admirable Mother" (1907-1909)p. 65
"I tried to build perfection with my hands" (1910-1912)p. 75
May, 1913p. 86
"I Got My Courage" (1913)p. 91
A Changed Anna (1913-1914)p. 98
Anna Wickham and Harold Monro (1913 and beyond)p. 111
Anna Wickham and D. H. Lawrence (1915)p. 119
The Hepburn Family during the War (1914 and beyond)p. 129
"O Give Me Back..." (1919-1921)p. 146
Paris, and Return (1922-1926)p. 159
"I have a skin for what is false in you"p. 173
Married Life (1928-1929)p. 206
"How lovely you were / In your embrace of stars"p. 212
Reconfiguration: La Tour Bourgeoise (1930-1934)p. 216
Writing Her Life (1934-1939)p. 231
The Boys and the War (1939-1942)p. 253
Staying at Home (1943-1945)p. 260
"The astringency of wisdom" (1946-1947)p. 269
Epiloguep. 274
A Selection of Poemsp. 275
Abbreviationsp. 291
Notesp. 293
Selected Bibliography on Anna Wickham (1883-1947)p. 339
Indexp. 347
About the Authorp. 373
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