The life of William Collins, poet / by Mary Margaret Stewart ; edited by Elizabeth Lambert and Linda E. Merians.
2024
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Title
The life of William Collins, poet / by Mary Margaret Stewart ; edited by Elizabeth Lambert and Linda E. Merians.
Published
[Clemson, South Carolina] : Clemson University Press, 2024.
Copyright
©2024
Description
x, 270 pages ; 24 cm.
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Series statement
18th-century moments
Summary
"The Life of William Collins, Poet presents a biographical study of this elusive poet. Drawing upon decades of archival research, Mary Margaret Stewart delivers new information and offers a more complete understanding of Collins's life and the understanding and treatment of the mental illness experienced by the poet and others"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Family history and early childhood, 1721-1733
Scholar at Winchester College, 1734-1740
Commoner at Oxford, 1740-1743
Literary adventurer : searching for a patron, 1744
London life, war, and family finances, 1744-1745
Collins and Scotland : war, politics, and poetry, 1746
"Many projects in his head and very little money in his pocket" : publication of the Odes and other literary projects, 1747-1748
"Cold turf hides the buried friend" : personal losses and creating a poetic legacy, 1748-1749
Last lucid days and final literary projects, 1749-1751
Illness, confinement, and death : Chichester, 1752-1759.
Scholar at Winchester College, 1734-1740
Commoner at Oxford, 1740-1743
Literary adventurer : searching for a patron, 1744
London life, war, and family finances, 1744-1745
Collins and Scotland : war, politics, and poetry, 1746
"Many projects in his head and very little money in his pocket" : publication of the Odes and other literary projects, 1747-1748
"Cold turf hides the buried friend" : personal losses and creating a poetic legacy, 1748-1749
Last lucid days and final literary projects, 1749-1751
Illness, confinement, and death : Chichester, 1752-1759.
Series
18th century moments.
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PR3353 .S74 2024