{"product_id":"recollections-of-a-literary-life-or-books-places-and-people-paperback-9781108020596","title":"Recollections of a Literary Life; Or, Books, Places, and People (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108020596","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\"\u003e9781108020596, 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\"\u003e308 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 1.8 x 14 cm, 0.39 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 third volume includes chapters on Wordsworth, Richardson, Coleridge, Walter Scott, Chaucer, Hawthorne, Milton, 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\"\u003e1. Authors associated with places - Thomas Chatterton, Robert Southey, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth\u003cbr\u003e 2. American poets - Oliver Wendell Holmes\u003cbr\u003e 3. Letters of authors - Samuel Richardson\u003cbr\u003e 4. Fine single poems - Sir Walter Scott, \u0026amp;c.\u003cbr\u003e 5. Authors associated with places - W. C. Bennett\u003cbr\u003e 6. Irish authors - Gerald Griffin\u003cbr\u003e 7. Mock-heroic poetry - John Hookham Frere\u003cbr\u003e 8. Authors associated with places - Lord Clarendon, Geoffrey Chaucer, John Hughes\u003cbr\u003e 9. Unrecognised poets - George Darley, the Rev. Edward William Barnard\u003cbr\u003e 10. American prose writers - Nathaniel Hawthorne\u003cbr\u003e 11. Old poets - Andrew Marvel\u003cbr\u003e 11. Scottish poets - William Motherwell\u003cbr\u003e 13. Great prose writers - Lord Bacon, John Milton, Jeremy Taylor, John Ruskin.\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":46265952108824,"sku":"9781108020596","price":27.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108020596i_c4f23280-a430-4bfb-b6d0-ddc63f89cc47.jpg?v=1694869599","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/recollections-of-a-literary-life-or-books-places-and-people-paperback-9781108020596","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}