Charles LambCambridge University Press, 3/9/2009EAN 9780521100885, ISBN10: 0521100887Paperback, 280 pages, 20.3 x 12.7 x 1.8 cmLanguage: EnglishCharles Lamb (1775–1834) was one of the great masters of the essay, at a time when the essay was a powerful and influential literary form. This collection, first published in 1921, presents a range of Lamb's essays from throughout his career, each accompanied by explanatory notes. Lamb here addresses topics as diverse as moral and personal deformity, recollections of Christ's Hospital, and the inconveniences resulting from being hanged. He discusses the work of Hogarth and Shakespeare, and records his sadness at the death of his friend Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Together the essays offer a fascinating insight into the Romantic age through the eyes of one of its most prominent literary figures.1. Curious Fragments2. On the Inconveniences Resulting from Being Hanged3. On the Danger of Confounding Moral with Personal Deformitywith a Hint to those who have the Framing of Advertisements for Apprehending Offenders4. On the Genius and Character of HogarthWith some Remarks on a Passage of the Writings of the Late Mr Barry5. On the Custom of Hissing at the Theatres, with some Account of a Club of Damned Authors6. On Burial Societies and the Character of an Undertaker7. On the Tragedies of Shakespeare, considered with Reference to their Fitness for Stage Representation8. Edax on Appetite9. Hospita on the Immoderate Indulgence of the Pleasures of the Palate10. The Good Clerk, a Character with Some Account of the 'Complete English Tradesman'11. Recollections of Christ's Hospital12. On the Melancholy of Tailors13. The Gentle Giantess14. Letter to an Old Gentleman whose Education has been Neglected15. Guy Faux16. Nugæ Criticæ17. The Illustrious Defunct18. Unitarian Protests19. Reflections in the Pillory20. The Last Peach21. A Popular Fallacy22. Captain Starkey23. An Autobiographical Sketch24. The Death of Coleridge.
