For two and a half thousand years, poets and readers have been inspired by the writing of Sappho, and the myths that surround her
Margaret Reynolds is a writer, academic, critic and broadcaster. Her critical edition of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Aurora Leigh won the British Academy's Rose Mary Crawshay prize. Other books include The Penguin Book of Lesbian Short Stories, The Sappho Companion, Victorian Women Poets: An Anthology (with Angela Leighton) and a series of study guides on contemporary writers, Vintage Living Texts. She is Professor of English at Queen Mary, University of London and a Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge. She is the presenter of BBC Radio 4's long running 'Adventures in Poetry'.
Reynolds's passion for her subject leaps from every page -- Scarlett Thomas Independent on Sunday The Sappho Companion does an excellent job of celebrating the ancient poet -- Nicholas Lezard Guardian
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