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Dream-child : a life of Charles Lamb / Eric G. Wilson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilson, Eric, 1967- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834.
- Lamb, Charles.
- Authors, English--19th century--Biography.
- Authors, English.
- Essayists--Great Britain--19th century--Biography.
- Essayists.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (544 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- An in-depth look into the life of Romantic essayist Charles Lamb and the legacy of his work.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: between Eden and fleet
- Chapter 1 The Temple
- Chapter 2 Christ’s Hospital
- Chapter 3 East India
- Chapter 4 Salutation and Cat
- Chapter 5 Day of Horrors
- Chapter 6 Unitarian
- Chapter 7 Mention Nothing of Poetry
- Chapter 8 Divine Chit-Chat
- Chapter 9 Nether Stowey
- Chapter 10 Blank Verse
- Chapter 11 Pentonville
- Chapter 12 Frog and Toad
- Chapter 13 Quakers
- Chapter 14 George Dyer
- Chapter 15 Manning
- Chapter 16 Godwin
- Chapter 17 Anatomy of Melancholy
- Chapter 18 Southampton Buildings
- Chapter 19 Flâneur
- Chapter 20 Journalism
- Chapter 21 Bartholomew Fair
- Chapter 22 Mary’s Letters
- Chapter 23 Long and Rueful Faces
- Chapter 24 Puns
- Chapter 25 Sweeps and Beggars
- Chapter 26 Shipwreck
- Chapter 27 Hogsflesh
- Chapter 28 Tales from Shakespear
- Chapter 29 Specimens of English Dramatic Poets
- Chapter 30 Mrs. Leicester’s School
- Chapter 31 No. 4 Inner Temple Lane
- Chapter 32 The Reflector
- Chapter 33 Mania
- Chapter 34 The Melancholy of Tailors
- Chapter 35 Which Is the Gentleman We Are Going to Lose?
- Chapter 36 Works
- Chapter 37 Fanny
- Chapter 38 The London Magazine
- Chapter 39 Elia Say
- Chapter 40 Magazines Increase and Multiply
- Chapter 41 Emma
- Chapter 42 Imperfect Sympathies
- Chapter 43 Paris
- Chapter 44 Colebrook
- Chapter 45 Retirement
- Chapter 46 Enfield
- Chapter 47 Three Portraits
- Chapter 48 Album Verses
- Chapter 49 “Am” to “Have”
- Chapter 50 His Great and Dear Spirit Haunts Me
- Chapter 51 A Swallow Flying
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Wilson, Eric G. Dream-Child
- ISBN:
- 9780300262490
- OCLC:
- 1291280969
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