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 Library
surface form: Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford

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
Decadentism
surface form: Decadent movement

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
Hesiod's Works and Days
surface form: Works and Days
placeOfActivity Bristol
London, England
surface form: London
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)