Michael Field (pen name of Edith Cooper and Katherine Bradley)

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Michael Field was the shared pen name of Victorian-era poets and dramatists Edith Cooper and Katherine Bradley, known for their collaborative works and their pioneering same-sex partnership in both life and literature.

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instanceOf Victorian writer ⓘ
collective pseudonym ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
activePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
archivalMaterialAt Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford ⓘ
linked to: Bodleian Library

British Library ⓘ
associatedWith British lesbian history ⓘ
fin de siècle culture ⓘ
collaborativeRelationship romantic partnership between Edith Cooper and Katherine Bradley ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
hasMember Edith Cooper ⓘ
Katherine Bradley ⓘ
influencedBy Greek classical literature ⓘ
Robert Browning ⓘ
Walter Pater ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
literaryForm lyric poetry ⓘ
verse drama ⓘ
movement Aestheticism ⓘ
Decadent movement ⓘ
linked to: Decadentism

Victorian literature ⓘ
notableFor collaborative authorship ⓘ
lesbian themes in literature ⓘ
same-sex partnership ⓘ
notableWork A Question of Memory ⓘ
Callirrhoë and Fair Rosamund ⓘ
Long Ago ⓘ
Sight and Song ⓘ
The Tragic Mary ⓘ
Underneath the Bough ⓘ
Whym Chow: Flame of Love ⓘ
Works and Days ⓘ
placeOfActivity Bristol ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
pseudonymUsedFrom 1880s ⓘ
pseudonymUsedUntil 1910s ⓘ
realName Edith Cooper ⓘ
Katherine Bradley ⓘ
recognizedPosthumouslyFor importance in queer literary history ⓘ
innovative use of classical sources ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sexualOrientation lesbian ⓘ
usedFor joint publications by Edith Cooper and Katherine Bradley ⓘ

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Field → hasNotableBearer → Michael Field (pen name of Edith Cooper and Katherine Bradley) ⓘ