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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Michael Field (pen name of Edith Cooper and Katherine Bradley) canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.