The Life Letters and Writings of Charles Lamb V5 Contributor(s): Lamb, Charles (Author), Fitzgerald, Percy (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1162637501 ISBN-13: 9781162637501 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $37.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2010 |
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BISAC Categories: - History - Biography & Autobiography - Literary Collections | Essays |
Dewey: B |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9" (1.31 lbs) 446 pages |
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Publisher Description: 1897. Volume Five of Six. English essayist and poet, Charles Lamb (pen name Elia), studied at Christ's Hospital where he formed a lifelong friendship with Samuel Taylor Coleridge. When he was twenty years old Lamb suffered a period of insanity. His sister, Mary Ann Lamb, had similar problems and in 1796 murdered her mother in a fit of madness. Mary was confined to an asylum but was eventually released into the care of her brother. Lamb became friends in London with a group of young writers who favored political reform including Percy Bysshe Shelley, William Hazlitt and Leigh Hunt. Among his most remembered works are his collection of Essays of Elia; the poem The Old Familiar Faces and the essay Dream Children. He also wrote Tales from Shakespeare in collaboration with his sister and The Adventures Of Ulysses were valuable retellings of classic works for children. Lamb's critical comments in Specimens of English Dramatic poets who lived about the time of Shakespeare are among the classics of English criticism. Contents: Tales from Shakespeare; Stories Contributed to Mrs. Leicester's School; Dramatic Works; and Sketches, Ephemeral Papers, etc. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. |