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Letters Written between the Years 1784 and 1807

Anna Seward

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  • 412 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 2 covers the years 1788-90. It incorporates some of her staunchest defences of the older poets, such as Milton and Gray, against the onslaught of the new criticism, but also opens a touching window into her personal life away from the literary world.
  • Författare: Anna Seward
  • Format: Pocket/Paperback
  • ISBN: 9781108059497
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 412
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2013-03-21
  • Förlag: Cambridge University Press