| The Works of Charles Lamb Part One Contributor(s): Lamb, Charles (Author), Talfourd, Thomas Noon (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1432621718 ISBN-13: 9781432621711 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $52.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2004 Annotation: 1847. Part One of Two. To which are prefixed his letters, and a sketch of his life by Thomas Noon Talfourd, one of his executors. 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. In addition to his letters and biography, this volume contains: Poems; Sonnets; Blank Verse; and Album Verses, etc. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Biography & Autobiography | Philosophers - Biography & Autobiography | Religious |
| Physical Information: 1.19" H x 6" W x 9" (1.87 lbs) 464 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
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