Author: W. Hazlitt
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368832859
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 346

Get Book Here

Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.

Author: Charles Lamb, Jr.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501727508
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 401

Get Book Here

Book Description
All of the available letters of Charles Lamb, a master of the English essay, and his sister Mary Anne published in this definitive, scrupulously edited work. The letters, many of them written to illustrious figures of the Romantic period, are generally agreed to rank among the finest in the English language. Transcribing where possible from the originals or facsimiles, Professor Marrs corrects textual errors found in previous editions, and he pays particular attention to establishing precise dates for the correspondence. He includes letters that were omitted from the last collection (published in 1935 and long out of print), and he has uncovered more than eighty letters never published before. The Letters of Charles and Mary Anne Lamb totals five or six volumes, and presents nearly 1200 letters written by Charles and Mary, singly or together. The correspondence is fully annotated, the volumes are illustrated, and the holographic idiosyncrasies of the originals are rendered typographically wherever possible. Rich in revelations about the extraordinary lives of the Lambs, these beautifully written letters are an inexhaustible store of information about the Romantic era and its major figures-Wordsworth, Keats, and Coleridge. The publication of unexpurgated and authoritative texts is an important literary event. The first volume was published in 1975, the bicentenary of Charles Lamb's birth. It contains 102 letters written by Charles, many of them after Mary murdered their mother. Among the recipients were the poets Coleridge, Southey, and Wordsworth. The letters provide shrewd observations on his friends' writings and his own, vivid descriptions of life in London, and compassionate but candid remarks concerning his family and acquaintances. Notes to each letter place it in context, quoting where necessary from the correspondence Lamb is answering. Volume I includes Professor Marrs's extensive Introduction to the entire collection. After supplying a biography of the Lamb family up to the murder, he treats Mary's and Charles's life together until Charles's death, tracing through the letters a relationship that remained warm and affectionate even under the shadow of Mary's insanity. Professor Marrs also gives the publishing history of the letters and sets forth the principles upon which his edition is based.

Author: Mary Lamb
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 390

Get Book Here

Book Description

Author: W. Carew Hazlitt
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781528483384
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 430

Get Book Here

Book Description
Excerpt from Mary and Charles Lamb: Poems, Letters, and Remains; Now First Collected, With Reminiscences and Notes The old man himself had formerly been clerk to one of the benchers of the Inner Temple, and had retired on a slender annuity. The son whom he had living with him under the same roof was, like his elder brother John, on the south-sea establishment. John, it appears, had had it in his power to place him there. If we are not mis taken, this was nearly the only obligation under which the family ever lay to John. The site is at present (1868) occupied by Trinity Church, which has absorbed Nos. 6, 7, and 8. What tender memories were swept away to make room for what is popularly called an improvement! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: Charles Lamb
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 292

Get Book Here

Book Description

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 544

Get Book Here

Book Description

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 664

Get Book Here

Book Description

Author: Robert Hoe
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 934

Get Book Here

Book Description

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 918

Get Book Here

Book Description

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 818

Get Book Here

Book Description