In 1907, when the
young Oxford graduate James Elroy Flecker "was having little success in
living by his pen" (according to his biographer John Sherwood), he penned
an article on "Laurence Hope"
for the Monthly Review exploring the reasons why "Laurence Hope has
succeeded where most modern poets have failed . . . She has created for
herself a world of admirers, a multitude of initiants -- a Public."
Flecker would later achieve fame as an exotic poet and playwright himself,
notably through his posthumously-produced verse play, Hassan. His
personal and literary interest in sadomasochism was no doubt an additional
factor in his admiration for the poetry of Laurence Hope.