Anna Wickham A Poet's Daring Life
by Jones, Jennifer VaughanEdition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2003-06-04
Publisher(s): 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
| Acknowledgments | p. vii |
| Permissions | p. 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, 1913 | p. 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 |
| Epilogue | p. 274 |
| A Selection of Poems | p. 275 |
| Abbreviations | p. 291 |
| Notes | p. 293 |
| Selected Bibliography on Anna Wickham (1883-1947) | p. 339 |
| Index | p. 347 |
| About the Author | p. 373 |
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