Unlocking Anne
Clare Pollard pieces together the fascinating life and work of Anne Lock, a woman living in 16th-century England, who wrote the first ever sonnet sequence in the English language.
Anne Lock, a woman living in 16th-century England, wrote the first ever sonnet sequence in the English language? Impossible, thought Clare Pollard. As a celebrated playwright and poet, with much of her work focused on giving a voice to forgotten women, how could she not have known about Anne Lock?
In this Sunday Feature, Pollard takes listeners into Anne's world and time, as she pieces together the fascinating life and work of a forgotten female sonneteer.
With contributions from:
Dr Deirdre Serjeantson, Director of Studies in English at Trinity College, Cambridge
Susan Felch is Emeritus Professor of English at Calvin University, Michigan and editor of the Selected works of Anne Lock
Dr. Jake Arthur's research focuses on women's writing in the 16th and 17th centuries
Readings by Colin Ryan and Ruth Everett
Produced by Sarah Shebbeare
Mixed by Giles Aspen
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