Frances Cornford
Frances Cornford was born Frances Darwin, a granddaughter of Charles Darwin, and was brought up in Cambridge among other members of the Darwin family, as depicted in her cousin Gwen Raverat’s memoir Period Piece. As a young woman she was part of the group nicknamed the Neo-Pagans and was a confidante of Rupert Brooke. In 1909 she married the classicist Francis Cornford, who was to become Professor of Ancient Philosophy at Cambridge, and they had five children. Despite episodes of severe depression, she published eight books of poetry and two of translations.
Frances Cornford: Selected Poems
The poetry of Frances Cornford (1886–1960) was admired in her lifetime for its simple and direct language, its memorable images, and its perceptive observations. Her Collected Poems (1954) was the Choice of the Poetry Book Society and in 1959 she was awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry. This reissued selection brings the finest of her poetry to a new generation of readers. This selection is introduced by Dr Jane Dowson, Reader in Twentieth-Century Literature at De Montfort University, whose publications include The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century British and Irish Women’s Poetry (CUP, 2011). It includes a memoir written by Dr...
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