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Paperback The Life, and Posthumous Writings, of William Cowper, Esqr.: Volume 2: With an Introductory Letter to the Right Honourable Earl Cowper Book

ISBN: 1108066704

ISBN13: 9781108066709

The Life, and Posthumous Writings, of William Cowper, Esqr.: Volume 2: With an Introductory Letter to the Right Honourable Earl Cowper

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Successors such as Wordsworth and Coleridge admired yet overshadowed William Cowper (1731-1800). Troubled by mental instability, he retreated from both the legal profession and the woman he had hoped to marry, seeking out a quiet existence in the country. In spite of his struggles, he made a translation of Homer's Iliad, produced a considerable body of poetry, and maintained many epistolary contacts. This four-volume biography, compiled by his friend...

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