Name/TitleThe Poems of Alice Meynell
EditionComplete
MakerMeynell, Alice
Maker RoleAuthor
About this objectHardback book with dark blue cover titled 'The Poems of Alice Meynell'. Complete edition, published by the Oxford University Press. The poetry is organised under the following headings:
- Preludes 1875
- Poems 1893
- Other poems (privately printed, January 1896)
- Later poems 1902
- Collected poems 1913
- Ten poems 1913-1915 (privately printed, 1915)
- Last poems 1923
- Poems now first collected 1940
- Poems now first printed 1940
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper
MeasurementsH: 188 x W: 130 x D: 22 mm
Date Made1875 - 1923
Period1880s-1920s
Place MadeEngland, London
PublisherHumphrey Milford, Oxford University Press
Publication Date1940
Publication PlaceEngland, London
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Meynell:
Alice Christiana Gertrude Meynell (née Thompson; 11 October 1847 – 27 November 1922) was a British writer, editor, critic, and suffragist, now remembered mainly as a poet. She was considered for the position of Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom twice, first in 1892 on the death of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and later in 1913 on the death of Alfred Austin, but was never appointed to the position. Meynell and her husband, Wilfrid Meynell, were the owners and editors of several Catholic publications and patrons of the poet Francis Thompson.
At the end of the 19th century, in conjunction with uprisings against the British (among them the Indians', the Zulus', the Boxer Rebellion, and the Muslim revolt led by Muhammad Ahmed in the Sudan), many European scholars, writers, and artists, began to question Europe's colonial imperialism. This led the Meynells and others in their circle to speak out for the oppressed. Alice Meynell was a vice-president of the Women Writers' Suffrage League, founded by Cicely Hamilton and active 1908–19.
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's writing & literature
Subject and Association Keywordspoetry & verse
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's suffrage
Subject and Association Keywordscolonisation, colonialism, colonial legacy
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBook
Object numberGWL-2015-66-11
Spine LabelTHE POEMS OF ALICE MEYNELL ~ OXFORD
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