Dollie Radford
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Caroline Maitland was an English poet and writer. She married in 1883 Ernest Radford
, and wrote as Dollie Radford. They had three children, one being Maitland Radford.
Her friends included Eleanor Marx
, whom she knew through a Shakespeare reading group attended by Karl Marx
, and Amy Levy
. Her papers are housed at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
at UCLA.
Ernest Radford
Ernest Radford was an English poet, critic and socialist. He was a follower of William Morris, and one of the organisers in the Arts and Crafts Movement; he acted as secretary to the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society....
, and wrote as Dollie Radford. They had three children, one being Maitland Radford.
Her friends included Eleanor Marx
Eleanor Marx
Jenny Julia Eleanor "Tussy" Marx , also known as Eleanor Marx Aveling, was the English-born youngest daughter of Karl Marx. She was herself a socialist activist, who sometimes worked as a literary translator...
, whom she knew through a Shakespeare reading group attended by Karl Marx
Karl Marx
Karl Heinrich Marx was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. His ideas played a significant role in the development of social science and the socialist political movement...
, and Amy Levy
Amy Levy
- Biography :Levy was born in Clapham, London, the second daughter of Lewis Levy and Isobel Levin. Her Jewish family was mildly observant, but as an adult Levy no longer practised Judaism; she continued to identify with the Jews as a people....
. Her papers are housed at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
The William Andrews Clark Memorial Library , one of twelve official libraries at the University of California, Los Angeles, is one of the most comprehensive rare books and manuscripts libraries in the United States, with particular strengths in English literature and history , Oscar Wilde, and fine...
at UCLA.
Works
- A Light Load (1891)
- Songs for Somebody (1893)
- Good Night (1895)
- Songs and other verses (1895)
- Sea Thrift (1904)
- In Summer Time (1905)
- A Ballad of Victory and other poems (1907)
- Poems (1910)