Charlotte Mew
- Created by: Ailsa Lucia
- Created on: 12-02-19 09:03
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- Charlotte Mew (1869-1928)
- Mew was London born and one of 7 children
- Two siblings were mentally ill - institutionalised and 3 others died in childhood
- Her and her sister, Anne, made pact to never marry in order to avoid passing on the mental illness(they were petrified of this)
- Father left no provisions for family when he died (1898)
- Very Poor
- Mew's sister Anne died of cancer in 1926 and Charlotte took on duties of nursing her sister nearly full time.
- Wrote lots of dramatic monologues
- Work focused on (especially dramatic monologues) : Trauma, Isolation, Alienation, Loneliness and Death
- Thought to be a lesbian but never proved
- Wore men's clothes - dressed as a 'dandy' (short hair)
- Mew entered a nursing home in 1928 for treatment, but ended up committing suicide there later the same year.
- Wrote a number of short stories
- Gained attention and friends due to quirky style and personality. Well-respected by other famous poets e.g. Hardy, Woolf.
- Mew's friend, Alida Monro published a collection of all her poetry after her death called The Rambling Sailor
- Mew was London born and one of 7 children
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