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Paperback The Life, and Posthumous Writings, of William Cowper, Esqr.: Volume 4, Supplementary Pages: With an Introductory Letter to the Right Honourable Earl C Book

ISBN: 1108066933

ISBN13: 9781108066938

The Life, and Posthumous Writings, of William Cowper, Esqr.: Volume 4, Supplementary Pages: With an Introductory Letter to the Right Honourable Earl C

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and fellow poet William Hayley (1745-1820), appeared between 1803 and 1806, bringing together selected letters and unpublished poems to illuminate Cowper's personal and literary life.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 4 (1806) is a collection of supplementary material, namely amendments to the previous volumes, additional letters and an index giving a short description of every letter's content.

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