cover image Charlotte Mew and Her Friends: With a Selection of Her Poems

Charlotte Mew and Her Friends: With a Selection of Her Poems

Penelope Fitzgerald. Addison Wesley Publishing Company, $13.66 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-201-08019-3

Burdened with family cares and pinched finances in her adult years, British poet Mew (1869-1928) also had to struggle against Victorian strictures and her own repressed lesbianism, while trying to create her distinctive works. PW described this biography, which includes selections from the poet's masterworks, as ``wrenching.'' Photos. (Oct.)