Muriel Stuart (1889-1967). Courtesy Persephone Books.
Muriel Irwin Stuart (1889 - 18 December 1967)[1] was a Scottish poet.
Life[]
Stuart was born in Norbury, South London, the daughter of a Scottish barrister. Although she lived all her life in England, she is considered a Scottish poet due to her ancestry.[2]
After her 2nd marriage (to Alfred William Board, in 1922) and the birth of her son and daugher, she gave up poetry writing to concentrate on her 1st love, gardening.[2] She wrote a gardening book called Gardener's Nightcap (1938) which was later reprinted by Persephone Books.[3]
Writing[]
Stuart was particularly concerned with the topic of sexual politics, though she first wrote poems about World War I.
Her most famous poem, "In the Orchard", is entirely dialogs and in no kind of verse form, which makes it innovative for its time. She does use rhyme: a mixture of half-rhyme and rhyming couplets (a,b,a,b form).
Other famous poems of hers are "The Seed Shop", "The Fools", and "Man and his Makers".
Critical reputation[]
Stuart was hailed by Hugh MacDiarmid as the best woman poet of the Scottish Renaissance. His comment led to her inclusion in many Scottish anthologies.
Thomas Hardy described her poetry as "Superlatively good".
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Christ at Carnival, and other poems. London: H. Jenkins, 1916.
- The Cockpit of Idols. London: Methuen, 1918.
- Poems. London: Heinemann, 1922.
- New Poems and Old. Hartford, CT: E.V. Mitchell, 1926.
- Selected Poems. London: Cape, 1927.
- In the Orchard: Selected poems. Kingskettle, Scotland, UK: Kettilonia, 2000.
Non-fiction[]
- Fool's Garden. London: Cape, 1936.
- Gardener's Nightcap (illustrated by Philip Gough). London: Cape, 1938; London: Persephone, 2006.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[4]
See also[]
References[]
- McCulloch, Margery Palmer. "Irwin, Muriel Stuart". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/71501. Template:ODNBsub
Notes[]
- ↑ Muriel Stuart Biography at Persephone Books
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 [https://www.persephonebooks.co.uk/muriel-stuart Muriel Stuart, Persephone Books. Aug. 4, 2015.
- ↑ Gardener's Nightcap at Persephone Books
- ↑ Search results = au:Muriel Stuart, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Aug. 4, 2015.
External links[]
- Poems
- Stuart in Poetry: A magazine of verse, 1912-1922: "Bluebell Night," "In Their Image," "The Seed-shop," "In the Orchard"
- Muriel Stuart at Poets' Corner
- Muriel Stuart at My Poetic Side (28 poems)
- Muriel Stuart at PoemHunter (50 poems)
- Books
- Works by Muriel Stuart at Project Gutenberg
- Muriel Stuart at Amazon.com
- About
- Muriel Stuart at Persephone Books
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