Saint Mary Magdalen

In this first volume KT establishes three themes that recur throughout her later poetry collections: religion, Ireland, and nature. The four monologues here are spoken by historical or legendary heroines: Louise de la Vallière...

KT opens this volume (like her Ballads and Lyrics) with a prefatory poem that is modest, if not apologetic: A small monotonous song I sing, / My notes are faint and few. The...

This volume brings together pieces from various occasions and venues. In them MR discusses many of her favourite topics—the food, sex and god named in her title, the second and third often involving the relation...

Here she associates the figure of Mary Magdalene with the bride of the Song of Songs, countering the dominant Victorian characterization of her as a prostitute by focusing on the loyalty, love, and instinct...