BRIDGES, Robert.

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Demeter. A Mask. First edition of Bridges's poetic drama retelling the myth of Persephone's abduction by Hades. The author states in his "Notes" that "this mask was written in 1904 at the request of the ladies of Somerville College, Oxford, and was acted by them at the inauguration of their new buildings in that year". McKay states there were 1,500 copies printed.

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