The Early Life of Robert Southey: 1774-1803 (Classic Reprint)
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- Condition
- Original Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- America
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Personalize
- No
- Inscribed
- No
- Ex Libris
- No
- Personalized
- No
- Signed
- No
- Type
- textbook
- ISBN
- 9781331548836
- Book Title
- Early Life of Robert Southey : 1774-1803 (Classic Reprint)
- Publisher
- Forgotten Books
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections, History
- Topic
- Letters, General
- Item Weight
- 17.5 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 372 Pages
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Publisher
Forgotten Books
ISBN-10
1331548837
ISBN-13
9781331548836
eBay Product ID (ePID)
237996599
Product Key Features
Book Title
Early Life of Robert Southey : 1774-1803 (Classic Reprint)
Number of Pages
372 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Letters, General
Publication Year
2015
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
17.5 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
TitleLeading
The
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Excerpt from The Early Life of Robert Southey: 1774-1803 There has been no adequate detailed biography of Southey. Charles Cuthbert Southey, who compiled a Life and Correspondence of his father, was not qualified for his difficult task. Selections from the poet's published letters have given the leading circumstances especially of the later life, but the only approximation to a sympathetic and intelligent biography has been the characteristic sketch by the late Edward Dowden in the "English Men of Letters Series." At the same time, although it is long since many persons have read any of Southey's writings except The Three Bears, The Life of Nelson, The Battle of Blenheim My Days Among the Dead are Past, and perhaps one or two other short pieces, a curiously positive, largely disagreeable and distorted impression of the man has persisted in the popular imagination. That impression I have small hope at this late day to correct, and no desire completely to reverse. My purpose is merely to supply students with a faithful account of the most interesting and least known period in the life and work of an important English writer of a momentous time in history. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works., Excerpt from The Early Life of Robert Southey: 1774-1803 Yet there was another cause for failure which might have been sufficient in itself to frustrate any epic that attempted to voice the creed of the deists. To begin with, the return to-nature movement had no traditions, no roots in the real ized past, no legends proper to itself. The revolution in America and more vividly the revolution in France vitalized the creed into a faith, but Napoleon and disillusionment followed so hard upon hope that the idealists were unable for long to find even in the present any series of momentous events to sanction their ideals. The effect upon Words worth was to drive him out of the current of life into eddy ing mysticism, and to confine his strictly intellectual activity chiefly to a struggle for reform in the style and subjects of poetry. The effect upon Southey was not so Simple, nor his effort so limited. Engaging in similar but even wider experimentation in poetry, he attempted to find a great story in which to embodv his ideals, but sought for it, not in the life of the disappointing present, nor of the con ventionally familiar past, but in the new world which travel and Inquiry were opening up to the imagination. The error was fatal for the epic poet, because this new world was too little known to be believed in as a sanction for faith, and was too soon found to be a far different world from the one he represented. Here the fundamental weak ness of the religion of nature betrayed its own apostles; they fortified their ideals by facts which they pretended to observe but blinked. We have forgiven Wordsworth'sbad science; we have had no reason to forgive Southey's' bad history. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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- s***s (17)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseSeller was fine, arrived promptly with good packaging and in perfect condition. But I should have asked questions about the book. It is really just a recreation of a collection of pages from old catalogues. I was hoping for more information & history of some of the Chickering models. This was not worth $18 to me. Would have been helpful if the seller had given examples of some pages.
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