The Life and Work of Adelaide Procter: Poetry, Feminism and Fathers

by Adelaide Anne Procter and Gill Gregory

First published in 1998, this volume follows the life and work of Adelaide Procter (1825-1864), one of the most important 19th-century women poets to be reassessed by literary critics in recent years. She was a significant figure in the Victorian literary landscape.

A poet (who outsold most writers bar Tennyson), a philanthropist and Roman Catholic convert, Procter committed herself to the cause of single, fallen and homeless women. She was...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138338524
• ISBN13: 9781138338524
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 293 Pages