After a brief fling with Mary Hutchinson
, VSW
began a passionate sexual relationship with Mary Campbell
, wife of the poet Roy Campbell
.
Glendinning, Victoria. Vita. Penguin, 1984.
178-80
Material Conditions of Writing
Vita Sackville-West
VSW
had written these poems during her affair with Mary Campbell
.
Glendinning, Victoria. Vita. Penguin, 1984.
220
VSW
consulted her husband, Harold Nicolson
, about the desirability of publishing them (on account of their lesbian element). He advised firmly...
Textual Features
Vita Sackville-West
Poems unpublished in 1983 include some about later love affairs. For Mary Campbell
, VSW
produced sixteen sonnets, too outspokenly lesbian to be printable (except for three in King's Daughter), over a few days...
