![]() Because of all this, she’s constantly in contention with her mother and others who wish her to play the part that they expect of her. ![]() She wants to be free to have relationships with anybody that she wants (including sexual relationships) and hates having to save herself for a husband who will be chosen for her. ![]() She grows frustrated with the way in which her fate is left in the hands of others, especially when it comes to decisions about her marital status. The play is about the historic figure, Honoria, the sister of Valentinian III, the Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. ![]() But, anyway, that’s kind of irrelevant to the quality of their work. This was one of the books included as part of the Reclaim Her Name campaign, which republished a series of historic pieces of writing which had been written by women who had to use male pseudonyms due to the misogyny of their time.Īttila, My Attila! was a play originally published under the name Michael Field, though was written by two woman named Edith Cooper and Katherine Bradley, a couple… although while the introduction in my edition is quick to tell us about the romantic nature of their relationship, it doesn’t draw attention to the fact that they were also aunt and niece… so, yeah. ![]()
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