1908

Publication of Kitty Taillleur

Poet involved

What happened

In 1908, May Sinclair published Kitty Taillleur. The chronology also records her introduction to Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre and Shirley during the same year. The combination of original fiction and literary criticism illustrates the breadth of her activity in London at this stage of her career.

Literary impact

Kitty Taillleur contributed to Sinclair’s expanding body of fiction, while her work on Charlotte Brontë strengthened her role as a critic and interpreter of earlier women writers. The parallel activities reveal her sustained interest in women’s literary experience and the psychological dimensions of fiction.

Source: Attached chronology

Poets alive in 1908

250 poets

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