Recollections of the Lake Poets
| Title | Recollections of the Lake Poets |
|---|---|
| Author | Thomas de Quincey; ed. w. an introd. by Edward Sackville-West |
| Publication | Lehmann |
| Size | 328p |
| Language |  ENG |
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| Topics |
Memoirs Biography--Literature--Britain de Quincey, Thomas (Engl. essayist, 1785-1859) Lake poets English poetry--History and criticism Wordsworth, William (English poet, 1770-1850) Southey, Robert (Engl. poet, 1774-1843) Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (English poet, 1772-1834) Biography--Collective--19th century Literary circles |
| Notes | a collection of biographical essays written by the English author Thomas De Quincey. In these essays, originally published in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine between 1834 and 1840, De Quincey provided some of the earliest, best informed, and most candid accounts of the Lake Poets, William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Robert Southey, and others in their circle. De Quincey wrote from direct personal familiarity, having known all three men during the first two decades of the nineteenth century. When he wrote about them twenty years later, De Quincey ignored the constraints and repressions typical of biography in his era, to produce realistic and nuanced portraits. This book is only part of De Quincey's prolific writings, which taken together form his autobiography. The frankness with which he wrote about Wordsworth, Southey, Coleridge and their lives at Grasmere provoked a storm on publication. [goodreads] |
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