| Description |
1 online resource (xlv, 813 pages) : illustrations |
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Book collections on Project MUSE
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The horror of the Abyss / 1765-83 -- To live only to write & write only to live / 1784-90 -- Hope long delay'd / 1791-92 -- A new course of suffering / 1793 -- A state of anxiety / 1794 -- Overwhelmd with sorrow / 1795 -- A wanderer upon earth / 1796 -- A necessitous author / 1797 -- Lord Egremonts extraordinary kindness / 1798-1800 -- Domestic miseries / 1801 -- Petty duns & continual want / 1802 -- An houseless beggar / 1803 -- The best of the bunch / 1804 -- A prison & a grave / 1805-1806 -- Nothing but the wind |
| Summary |
One of the most popular poets of her time, Charlotte Smith revived the sonnet form in England, influencing Wordsworth and Keats. Equally popular as a novelist, she experimented with many genres, and even her children's books were highly regarded by her contemporaries. Charlotte Smith's letters enlarge our understanding of her literary achievement, for they show the private world of spirit, determination, anger, and sorrow in which she wrote |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 783-786) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Smith, Charlotte, 1749-1806. Correspondence.
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Authors, English -- 18th century -- Correspondence
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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Authors, English
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Personal correspondence.
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autobiographies (literary works)
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Stanton, Judith Phillips, 1946-
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| LC no. |
2002007966 |
| ISBN |
0253340128 |
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9780253340122 |
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0253110599 |
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9780253110596 |
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9786612072413 |
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6612072415 |
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1282072412 |
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9781282072411 |
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