{"product_id":"recollections-of-a-literary-life-or-books-places-and-people-paperback-9781108020572","title":"Recollections of a Literary Life; Or, Books, Places, and People (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108020572","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRecollections of a Literary Life\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eOr, Books, Places, and People\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDelightfully detailed and surprisingly witty, this 1852 publication offers an eclectic mix of fiction, literary analysis and autobiography.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMary Russell Mitford (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108020572, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 23 September 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e340 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm, 0.43 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eBetter known for her five volume portrait of English rural life, Our Village, Mary Russell Mitford (1787–1855) was one of the most prolific female writers of her day. Part critical essay, part autobiography, Recollections consists of a series of sketches on and selections from Mitford's favourite authors, stemming from her desire 'to make others relish a few favourite writers as heartily as I have relished them myself'. The collection is arranged according to Mitford's own eclectic system of categorization including 'fashionable poets', 'cavalier poets', and 'poetry that poets love'. This first volume contains essays on Beaumont and Fletcher, Sidney, Herrick, Samuel Johnson, and Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning and several others. Mitford wears her immense literary skill lightly and Recollections is masterfully written, full of lively wit and fascinating biographical detail. Published just three years before Mitford's death, it was based on earlier articles and letters.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Various authors - Percy's Reliques\u003cbr\u003e 2. Irish authors - Thomas Davis, John Banim\u003cbr\u003e 3. Authors associated with places - Thomas Noel\u003cbr\u003e 4. Old authors - Abraham Cowley\u003cbr\u003e 5. Comic poets - J. Anstey\u003cbr\u003e 6. American poets - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow\u003cbr\u003e 7. Authors sprung from the people - Thomas Holcroft\u003cbr\u003e 8. Authors associated with places - Beaumont and Fletcher\u003cbr\u003e 9. Fashionable poets - Winthrop Macworth Praed\u003cbr\u003e 10. Peasant poets - John Clare\u003cbr\u003e 11. Authors associated with places - Samuel Johnson\u003cbr\u003e 12. Old poets - Robert Herrick, George Withers\u003cbr\u003e 13. Female poets - Joanna Baillie, Catherine Fanshawe\u003cbr\u003e 14. Married poets - Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Browning\u003cbr\u003e 15. Prose pastorals - Sir Philip Sydney's Arcadia, Isaac Walton's Complete Angler.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20c%201800%20to%20c%201900%20%20%5BDSBF%5D%22\"\u003eDSBF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265951650072,"sku":"9781108020572","price":29.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108020572i_0b3277df-0fb3-4979-b580-e09c52895970.jpg?v=1694869609","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/recollections-of-a-literary-life-or-books-places-and-people-paperback-9781108020572","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}