An invaluable and detailed critical analysis and record of a lively but undervalued literary community.A History of Twentieth-Century British Women's Poetry is divided into three sections, 1900-1945; 1945-1980; 1980-2000. It documents the publications, activities and achievements of a lively but undervalued literary community. An 'Overview' of each period explores the particular challenges and opportunities for women while the chapters discuss the major poets, as individuals or ingroups connected by their context and practice. These essays reflect and stimulatecontinuing debates about the nature of women's poetry. This work is an invaluable resourcefor scholars students and interested readers.A History of Twentieth-Century British Women's Poetry is divided into three sections, 1900-1945; 1945-1980; 1980-2000. It documents the publications, activities and achievements of a lively but undervalued literary community. An 'Overview' of each period explores the particular challenges and opportunities for women while the chapters discuss the major poets, as individuals or ingroups connected by their context and practice. These essays reflect and stimulatecontinuing debates about the nature of women's poetry. This work is an invaluable resourcefor scholars students and interested readers.Divided into three sections (1900-1945; 1945-1980; 1980-2000), this survey documents the publications, activities and achievements of an undervalued literary community. An overview of each period explores the particular challenges and opportunities for women. The chapters that follow discuss the major poets, as individuals or in groups connected by their context and practice. These essays reflect and stimulate continuing debates about the nature of women's poetry and comprise an invaluable resource for scholars, students and interested readers.Chronology; Introduction ; Part I. 190045: Overview; 1. Lyrical androgyny: Alice Meynell, Frances Cornford, Vita Sackville-West and Elizabeth DaryulÓ(