I've seen very little of her poetry - will chase.

I have a very difficult time seeing Hope Mirrlees as junior to anyone

I know what you mean! But there was 37 years between her and Jane Ellen Harrison - and Lud-in-the-Mist came out only two years before the latter's death, Harrison was always the senpai, I think.

All R4 programmes are streamable for a week, at least - sometimes indefinitely.