The fourth of five children, Margaret Cropper was born into a long-established Quaker family of Burneside,[2] near Kendal, where she would live for the majority of her life.[3]
Her first book of poems – Poems – was published by Elkin Mathews in 1914,[4] and was followed between the wars by further collections of short poems, mainly concerned with local people and the Lakeland landscape. She also wrote two longer poems in the 1930s, Little Mary Crosbie and The End of the Road, which charted the life of the Westmoreland poor, and did so in a standard English that conveyed the full sense of the local dialect as well.[5]
Norman Nicholson would later single her out for her exceptional ability to capture the Cumbrian vernacular, without resorting (as did others) to phonetic spelling or similar expedients.[6] Some of the products of her work were included by Robert Wilson Lynd in his 1939 Anthology of Modern Poetry,[7] while G. M. Trevelyan praised her poem The Broken Hearthstone especially for its ability to capture the personality of a mountain.[8]
In the post-war years, she turned largely to prose-writing, with her biography of her friend, Evelyn Underhill, The Life of Evelyn Underhill (1958), and her study of 19th-century Anglicanism, Flame Touches Flame (London, 1949). She is also known for her hymns and religious plays.[9]
William's genius, unfaltering here, was sure When he saw her kin to the natural wild things, The lover and beloved of the sheltered valley, And high enfolding hills
^Quoted in N. Nicolson, The Lake District (Penguin 1978) pg. 235
January 01, 1970
margaret, cropper, 1886, 1980, westmorland, poet, author, hymnist, rivalled, norman, nicholson, leading, 20th, century, lake, poet, contents, life, writings, wordsworths, also, referenceslife, writings, editthe, fourth, five, children, born, into, long, establ. Margaret Cropper 1886 1980 was a Westmorland poet author and hymnist who rivalled Norman Nicholson as the leading 20th century Lake Poet 1 Contents 1 Life and writings 1 1 The Wordsworths 2 See also 3 ReferencesLife and writings editThe fourth of five children Margaret Cropper was born into a long established Quaker family of Burneside 2 near Kendal where she would live for the majority of her life 3 Her first book of poems Poems was published by Elkin Mathews in 1914 4 and was followed between the wars by further collections of short poems mainly concerned with local people and the Lakeland landscape She also wrote two longer poems in the 1930s Little Mary Crosbie and The End of the Road which charted the life of the Westmoreland poor and did so in a standard English that conveyed the full sense of the local dialect as well 5 Norman Nicholson would later single her out for her exceptional ability to capture the Cumbrian vernacular without resorting as did others to phonetic spelling or similar expedients 6 Some of the products of her work were included by Robert Wilson Lynd in his 1939 Anthology of Modern Poetry 7 while G M Trevelyan praised her poem The Broken Hearthstone especially for its ability to capture the personality of a mountain 8 In the post war years she turned largely to prose writing with her biography of her friend Evelyn Underhill The Life of Evelyn Underhill 1958 and her study of 19th century Anglicanism Flame Touches Flame London 1949 She is also known for her hymns and religious plays 9 The Wordsworths edit Cropper s poem on Dorothy Wordsworth says 10 William s genius unfaltering here was sure When he saw her kin to the natural wild things The lover and beloved of the sheltered valley And high enfolding hillsSee also editJohn Betjeman Little Langdale Mountains of the Mind MysticismReferences edit G Lindop A Literary Guide to the Lake District London 1993 p 264 F Welsh The Companion Guide to the Lake District 1997 p 82 Biography Margaret Cropper Poems G Lindop A Literary Guide to the Lake District London 1993 pg 264 N Nicolson The Lake District Penguin 1978 pg 17 Robert Wilson Lynd G M Trevelyan An Autobiography London 1949 pg 103 Margaret Cropper Quoted in N Nicolson The Lake District Penguin 1978 pg 235 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Margaret Cropper amp oldid 1108025736, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
