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THE LIFE, AND POSTHUMOUS WRITINGS, OF WILLIAM COWPER, ESQR. 4 VOLUME SET
WITH AN INTRODUCTORY LETTER TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EARL COWPER |
| Volume: |
Volume 4 |
| By: |
William Hayley |
| Format: |
Multiple copy pack |
| List price:
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£118.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1108066747 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781108066747 |
| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE LIBRARY COLLECTION |
| Pub. date: |
21 November, 2013 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies |
| Pages: |
1498 |
| Description: |
Published 1803-6, this four-volume biography of William Cowper (1731-1800) brings together selected letters and poems. |
| Synopsis: |
Successors such as Wordsworth and Coleridge admired yet overshadowed William Cowper (1731-1800). Troubled by mental instability, he retreated from both the legal profession and the woman he had hoped to marry, seeking out a quiet existence in the country. In spite of his struggles, he made a translation of Homer's Iliad, produced a considerable body of poetry, and maintained many epistolary contacts. This four-volume biography, compiled by his friend and fellow poet William Hayley (1745-1820), appeared between 1803 and 1806, bringing together selected letters and unpublished poems to illuminate Cowper's personal and literary life. Volume 1 (1803) contains Hayley's narrative, interspersed with Cowper's letters from 1765 to 1791. Volume 2 (1803) contains letters from the period 1791-4, with further biographical remarks. Volume 3 (1804) includes letters offering frank opinions of contemporary literary figures, notably Samuel Johnson. Volume 4 (1806) provides supplementary material, chiefly additional letters and amendments to the previous volumes. |
| Illustrations: |
5 b/w illus. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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