Letters Written between the Years 1784 and 1807 1

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Letters Written between the Years 1784 and 1807

Name: Letters Written between the Years 1784 and 1807
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Author: Anna Seward
ISBN: 9781108059480

Anna Seward

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422 sidor
2013

The literary career of Anna Seward (1742-1809) had many frustrations. Erasmus Darwin once printed her poetry under his own name. Horace Walpole accused her of having 'no imagination'. And despite her evident talents, she was unable to find a patron willing to support a woman. Yet her letters reveal the breadth of her interests and the strength of her literary criticism. In addition to writing to newspapers and magazines, she counted many eminent figures among her correspondents, including James Boswell (who begged for a lock of her hair) and the young Walter Scott. This six-volume selection of her letters, edited by the publisher Archibald Constable (1774-1827), first appeared in 1811. Volume 1 covers the period 1784-7. Showing the first signs of her long-lasting acrimony towards Samuel Johnson, whom she saw as a bully, it includes some of her anecdotes of him, alongside her own equally expert criticism.

Författare: Anna Seward
Format: Pocket/Paperback
ISBN: 9781108059480
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 422
Utgivningsdatum: 2013-03-21
Förlag: Cambridge University Press