From Darwin to Cornford : The Evolution of the Poet Frances Cornford / edited by Jane Firman and Peter Maber.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Maber, Peter, editor.

Firman, Jane, editor.

Series:

Literature and Cultural Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026.

Literature and Cultural Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature and Cultural Studies.

Civilization--History.

Civilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

The Evolution of the Poet Frances Cornford

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2026.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study presents the first sustained account of the life and work of the poet Frances Cornford (1886–196). Scholars from across disciplines reveal her journey, as she navigated the scientific inheritance of her grandfather Charles Darwin, the patriarchal world of the University of Cambridge, and the demands of dominant poetry movements, through times of personal loss and depression. The volume brings renewed attention to Frances’s poetry from across her career, draws on previously-unseen manuscripts and photographs, and curates her memoir. Frances became a widely-read poet, winning the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 1959.

Contents:

Preface

Jane Firman

Acknowledgements

List of Illustrations

Notes on Contributors

Chronology

Prologue

Emma Darwin

Introduction

Jane Firman and Peter Maber

1 From Darwin to Cornford

2 Francis (Frank) Darwin

Janet Browne

3 ‘No Omnibus Heart’: Ellen Wordsworth Darwin (1856–193)

Ann Kennedy Smith

4 Frances Cornford’s Memoir

Introduction by Jane Firman

Frances

Bhanu Kapil

5 Frances Macdonald Cornford (1874–1943)

Christopher Stray

6 Conduit Head

Sylvia Lachmann

7 Frances Cornford, Gwen Raverat and Visual Art

7.1 Between Cousins: Frances Cornford and Gwen Raverat

Frances Spalding

7.2 From Painter to Poet: Frances Cornford and Visual Art

Peter Maber

8 Frances Cornford’s Religious Life: the Fragmentation and Construction of the Self

Jane Garnett

9 Frances Cornford’s Depressions

Eugene Paykel

1 Frances Cornford, Poet

11 ‘To the Fastness within’: Reading Frances Cornford’s Poems

Ian Patterson

12 ‘How Many Things Have to Be Thought of at Once’: Frances Cornford’s Letters

Samantha Evans

The End: the Ascension Parish Burial Ground

Eric Marland and Jane Firman

Epilogue: from Darwin to Cornford—Finding Frances

Jane Dowson

Afterwords

Andrew Cornford and John Wells

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Firman, Jane From Darwin to Cornford

ISBN:

9789004762084

OCLC:

1600522928

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004762084 DOI