Shakespearean, Swiftian, Dickensian, Hardyesque. Were we to put the pollen of the literary family tree under the microscope, I fear that we might still find its chromosomes distinctly male. It’s not ...

The life of the English poet Charlotte Mew (1869–1928) was haunted by loss and the specter of mental illness. Three of her brothers died in childhood, while another brother and sister were committed ...

Seamus Perry and Mark Ford look at the life and work of Charlotte Mew, who brought the Victorian art of dramatic monologue into the 20th century, and whose difficult experiences are often refracted ...