Smith, Emma. Shakespeare’s First Folio: Four Centuries of an Iconic Book. Oxford University Press.
92
Charles Lamb
-
Standard Name: Lamb, Charles,, 1775 - 1834
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Literary responses | Margaret Cavendish | These verse eulogies or testimonials came from distinguished persons and institutions to whom she had presented copies of her work. It circulated widely: the Dutch poet Constantijn Huygens
owned one of her books. |
| Literary responses | Felicia Hemans | Wordsworth
in 1837 revised his existing Extempore Effusion upon the Death of James Hogg to include a stanza describing FH
as that holy Spirit / Sweet as the spring, as ocean deep. Wordsworth, William. The Complete Poetical Works of Wordsworth. Editor George, Andrew J., Houghton Mifflin. 737 |
| Literary responses | Dorothy Whipple | DW
's mother and siblings cried over the text of her childhood autobiography, remembering old days. Whipple, Dorothy. Random Commentary. Michael Joseph. 71 |
| Literary responses | Anna Letitia Barbauld | ALB
was a presence in the early poetry of Wordsworth
and Coleridge
, though they later distanced themselves from her so emphatically. Her work appeared in magazines in the USA before the end of the... |
| Literary responses | Sarah Williams | Plumptre
likens SW
to the essayist Elia, that is, to Charles Lamb
. Plumptre, Edward Hayes, and Sarah Williams. “Memoir”. Twilight Hours: A Legacy of Verse, Strahan, p. vii - xxxiii. xiii |
| Literary responses | Mary Russell Mitford | Our Village was praised by Christopher North (John Wilson)
, Felicia Hemans
, Elizabeth Barrett
(who called Mitford here a sort of prose Crabbe
in the sun Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder. |
| Literary responses | Mary Matilda Betham | In 1833 Charles Lamb
wrote that MMBhad the most feminine soul of all our poet- and prose-esses. Betham, Ernest, editor. A House of Letters. Jarrold and Sons. 233 |
| Occupation | William Godwin | The imprint M. J. Godwin and Company was launched the following year. The business flourished, becoming almost a literary salon like that of Joseph Johnson
: visitors included Germaine de Staël
. It remained, however... |
| Author summary | Mary Lamb | ML
is still known primarily as the sister of the essayist Charles Lamb
, and as the central character in a painful and sensational story. She was, however, the lead author in her three collaborations... |
| Publishing | Henry Handel Richardson | She apparently began to write for a readership after giving up the aim of a musical career, by producing contributions for an unnamed friend's manuscript magazine. Her first attempt was Christmas in Australia, an... |
| Publishing | Frances Eleanor Trollope | FET
contributed regularly to periodicals including the Cornhill Magazine, the Edinburgh Review, the Fortnightly Review, New Quarterly Magazine, Saint Pauls, Temple Bar, and the British Quarterly Review. Houghton, Walter E., and Jean Harris Slingerland, editors. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900. University of Toronto Press. 1: 1119 |
| Publishing | Mary Lamb | In early 1805 it seems, after Charles Lamb
had already produced a children's book for the Godwins' new Juvenile Library
, Mary Jane Godwin
asked ML
(who was not known as an author, though she... |
| Publishing | Mary Lamb | Mary Jane Godwin
(whom Charles
and Mary Lamb
disliked and called privately Bad Baby) published their prose Tales from Shakespear
: Designed for the Use of Young Persons, with Charles's name only, though... |
| Reception | Sarah Harriet Burney | The Morning Chronicle printed a sonnet by Charles Lamb
in praise of Blanch, heroine of SHB
's Country Neighbours. Burney, Sarah Harriet. The Letters of Sarah Harriet Burney. Editor Clark, Lorna J., University of Georgia Press. 487 |
| Reception | Mary Hays | Charles Lamb
's report that MH
composed a piece of poetry for the tomb of her former mentor William Godwin
was a fantasy, part of a letter written in 1815 which presents events in a... |
Timeline
No timeline events available.
Texts
No bibliographical results available.