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Landor

Landor

Landor

Author:
Sidney Colvin
Published:
November 2011
Availability:
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Format:
Paperback
ISBN:
9781108034609

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    Published in 1881 in the first series of English Men of Letters, this biography by Sir Sidney Colvin of the poet Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864) opens with the claim 'few men have ever impressed their peers so much, or the general public so little'. Landor's turbulent life included suspension from both Rugby and Oxford, numerous love affairs, an illegitimate child, and frequent legal trouble over his writing, including a libel case which caused him to leave England permanently. He is best known for his six-volume Imaginary Conversations, a series of dialogues between characters ranging from antiquity to Landor's literary contemporaries. This book not only describes Landor's life but also discusses his poetry and prose. Colvin (1845–1927), who was director of the Fitzwilliam Museum and later keeper of prints and drawings at the British Museum, also wrote the volume on Keats in this series.

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    November 2011
    Paperback
    9781108034609
    240 pages
    216 × 140 × 14 mm
    0.31kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • Prefatory note
    • 1. Birth and parentage
    • 2. Experiments in life and poetry
    • 3. More experiments and marriage
    • 4. Life at Tours
    • 5. Life at Florence
    • 6. Fiesole and England
    • 7. Life at Bath
    • 8. Second exile and last days
    • 9. Conclusions.
      Author
    • Sidney Colvin