The Works of Thomas Chatterton

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-108-06339-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 556 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 775 g

Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies

Thomas Chatterton (1752-70) was only seventeen when he died of arsenic poisoning. Among his family and friends he was known as a versifier with a fascination for medieval manuscripts, but none suspected the true scope of his work. At eleven, he was already writing poetry, and by the end of his life his love poems, eclogues and forged medieval pieces numbered in the hundreds. Chatterton is best known for the Rowley poems, which he claimed were transcribed from the work of a fifteenth-century monk. Although the precocious skill of his forgeries, once exposed, often went unrecognised by critics, Chatterton's legacy influenced the Romantics for decades after his death. This three-volume collection of his work, edited by Joseph Cottle and Robert Southey, first appeared in 1803. Volume 3 includes Chatterton's prose works, selected letters, some contemporary discussion of his work, and Cottle's account of the Rowley manuscripts.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chatterton, Thomas

Cottle, Joseph

Southey, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Miscellaneous pieces; Chatterton's letters; Chatterton's will; List of Chatterton's friends; Account of Rowley's MSS; List of books relating to Chatterton.