The Life, and Posthumous Writings, of William Cowper, Esqr., Tom 1Cambridge University Press, 21 lis 2013 - 442 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 and fellow poet William Hayley (1745-1820), appeared between 1803 and 1806, bringing together selected letters and unpublished poems to illuminate Cowper's personal and literary life. Featuring a frontispiece portrait engraved by William Blake, Volume 1 (1803) contains Hayley's narrative of Cowper's life, interspersed with his letters. Warm-hearted and engaging, the letters also reflect the debilitating changes of his mood and the beginnings of his troubled faith. They date from 1765, just after his first nervous collapse, to 1791. |
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The Life Part the First The Family Birth and First Residence of Cow | 3 |
To Mrs Cowper April 4 1766 | 4 |
To Lady Hesketh 06 12 1785 40 | 6 |
To the same s s Dgc 9 | 9 |
To the same April 17 1766 | 17 |
To Hesketh 00 Dec 21 To the same Jan 8 1737 65 | 24 |
ro Joseph Esqr s s a June 24 n I | 36 |
To the same Nov 9 I785 H | 41 |
To the same June 3 1788 | 97 |
To the same August 9 1788 | 103 |
To the same Jan 24 1789 | 109 |
The Publication of his first Volumenot immediately successful probable | 114 |
To Mrs Throrkmorton July 18 1789 3 | 115 |
To Samuel Rose Esqr | 119 |
To John Johnson Esqr Feb 28 1790 | 125 |
The origin of Cowpers acquaintance with Lady Austen a Poetical Epistle | 130 |
To the same Sept 3 I766 8 | 45 |
T0 the same Feb 11 1786 | 50 |
TO the same t June 4 1786 | 59 |
To Samuel Rose Esqr 061 19 I787 | 61 |
To Joseph Hill Esqr July 16 1767 | 63 |
To Lady Hesketh Nov 10 I787 | 75 |
of his Letters | 76 |
To Joseph Hill Esqr May 6 I730 23 | 79 |
To Lady Hesketh Jan I 1788 | 81 |
To Mrs Cowper June 7 1770 21 | 82 |
To the same Feb 22 1788 | 87 |
To Samuel Rose Esqr March 29 I788 | 91 |
To the same t H I7 1790 000 | 131 |
To John Johnson Esqr June 7 1790 | 137 |
To Mrs_ Bodham SePt 9 1790 __ _ | 143 |
To John Johnson Esqr Jan 21 1791 | 149 |
Cowper receives at Olney his Relation Lady Hesketh 207 Extracts from | 224 |
To Samuel Rose Esqr Feb 5 1791 150 | 240 |
To the same March 3 1788 33 | 288 |
To Lady Hesketh Feb 13 1791 151 | 347 |
To Samuel Rose Esqr_ Nov_ 30 I790 | 352 |
To John Johnson Esqr Feb 27 I79 152 | 395 |
To Mrs Throckmorton April 1 I791 157 | 401 |
To Samuel Rose Esqr June 15 1791 161 | 407 |
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