Margaret L. Woods (1856-1945), from Collected Poems, 1914. Courtesy Internet Archive.
Margaret Louisa Woods (1856-1945) was an English poet and novelist.
Life[]
Woods was born Margaret Louisa Bradley, the daughter of scholar George Granville Bradley and sister to fellow writer Mabel Birchenough.[1]
She married Henry George Woods, who became President of Trinity College, Oxford and Master of the Temple.[1]
She died at her home, Vine Cottage, in Thursley, Surrey.[1] Her ashes are interred with her husband, at Holywell Cemetery, Oxford.[2]
Recognition[]
Her poem "Genius Loci" was included in the Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900.[3]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Lyrics and Ballads. London: Bentley, 1889.
- Aeromancy, and other poems. London: Smith, Elder, 1896 (bound with Wild Justice).
- Lyrics. Oxford, UK: H. Daniel, 1888.
- Songs. Oxford, UK: H, Daniel, 1896.
- Poems Old and New. London: Macmillan, 1907).
- Pastels under the Southern Cross. London: Smith, Elder, 1911.
- Collected Poems. London & New York: John Lane, 1914.
- The Return, and other poems. London & New York: John Lane, 1921.
Play[]
- Wild Justice. London: Smith, Elder, 1896 (bound with Aeromancy and other poems).
Novels[]
- A Village Tragedy. London: Bentley, 1887; New York: Holt, 1888.
- Esther Vanhomrigh. (3 volumes), London: [[John Murray, 1891; New York: Hovendon, 1891. Volume I, Volume II, Volume III.
- The Vagabonds. London: Smith, Elder, 1894; New York & London: Macmillan, 1894.
- Sons of the Sword: A romance of the Peninsular War. London: Heinemann, 1901; New York: McClure, Phillips, 1901.
- The King's Revoke: An episode in the life of Patrick Dillon. London: Smith, Elder, 1905; New York: E.P. Dutton, 1906.
- The Invader: A novel. New York & London: Harper, 1907.
- A Poet's Youth. London & Sydney: Chapman & Dodd, 1923.
Non-fiction[]
- The Princess of Hanover (biography). London: Duckworth, 1902.
Juvenile[]
- "Come Unto These Yellow Sands" (illustrated by J. Hancock). London & New York: John Lane, 1915.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[4]
See also[]
References[]
Fonds[]
- Archival material relating to Margaret L. Woods listed at the UK National Register of Archives
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Martha S. Vogeler, ‘Woods , Margaret Louisa (1855–1945)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
- ↑ Margaret Louisa Bradley Woods, Find a Grave, April 2, 2016. Web, March 30, 2020.
- ↑ "Geius Loci", Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900 (edited by Arthur Quiller-Couch), Oxford: Clarendon, 1919. Bartleby.com, Web, May 10, 2012.
- ↑ Search results = Margaret L. Woods, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Dec. 14, 2013.
External links[]
- Poems
- "Genius Loci"
- "Rest"
- "To the Forgotten Dead"
- Woods in A Victorian Anthology, 1837-1895: "Rest," "To the Forgotten Dead," "Young Windebank"
- Woods in A Book of Women's Verse: "the Forgotten Dead," "Genius Loci," "A Ballade of the Night"
- Books
- Works by Margaret L. Woods at Project Gutenberg
- Margaret L. Woods at the Online Books Page
- Margaret L. Woods at Amazon.com
- Works by or about Margaret L. Woods in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- About
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