ABSTRACT
In chapter three I consider a selection of Warner’s poems which she wrote at the time of the Ackland and Wade White affair, and explore how Warner’s self-narration in her poetry differed significantly from that of her letters. This begins an account of the subtle and intriguing genre selections that both women made depending on the nature of the tale they wished to tell. For Sylvia: An Honest Account is Ackland’s autobiography which she completed in 1949 and gave to Warner. Warner challenges Ackland’s version of herself as represented in For Sylvia, and in her letters proposes a much more enthralling alternative persona for her troubled partner.
