Charles Lamb

by Ainger, Alfred

• ISBN13: 9781108034586
• ISBN10: 1108034586
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-11-03
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

Written by clergyman Alfred Ainger (1837-1904), this 1882 biography of writer Charles Lamb (1775-1834) is the twenty-first book in the first series of 'English Men of Letters'. Charles Lamb began publishing his poetry in the late 1790s. Both he and his sister Mary (1764-1847), who had been released into Charles' care after killing their mother in a fit of insanity in 1796, began writing for children with the encouragement of William Godwin, their works including the Tales from Shakespeare (1807) for which they are best known. Lamb was also widely regarded for his skill as an essayist, and particularly for his Essays of Elia. Ainger devoted much of his career to Lamb's life and writings, including a six-volume edited collection of Lamb's work. His biography focuses on Lamb's literary output and his place as a critic as well as the events of the writer's life.

Table of Contents

Prefatory note

Boyhood - the Temple and Christ's Hospital. 1775âÇô89

Family struggles and sorrows. 1789âÇô96

First experiments in literature. 1796âÇô1800

Dramatic authorship and dramatic criticism. 1800âÇô9

Inner Temple Lane - personal characteristics. 1809âÇô17

Russell Street, Covent Garden - the Essays of Elia

Colebrook Row, Islington - the controversy with Southey, and retirement from the India House

Enfield and Edmonton

Lamb's place as a critic

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