The hosts, Dr. Elizabeth Ludlow and Dr. Amanda Vernon introduce their new five-part podcast series, designed to celebrate Victorian poet and activist Adelaide Anne Procter (1825-64) in her bicentenary year.  

In this episode, they give a taster of what’s to come in the four episodes that follow this and the themes that will be covered, including faith, charity work and literary fundraising, feminism and print culture. They also reflect on what it means to read Procter today.   

Poems discussed include ‘A Legend of Provence’ and ‘A Lost Chord’. To listen to John McCormack's recording of ‘The Lost Chord’ (available on on The Internet Archive), please click here.  

Recommended web resources include the biography of Procter on the Minor Victorian Writers website, and Dickens Journals Online. To learn more about Procter, the hosts recommend Gill Gregory’s biography, The Life and Work of Adelaide Procter: Poetry, Feminism and Fathers (Ashgate, 1998).  

Written, presented and produced by Elizabeth Ludlow and Amanda Vernon