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    Volume 2
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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    October 2011
    September 2010
    ISBN:
    9780511751325
    9781108020589
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511751325
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    Dimensions:
    (216 x 140 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.4kg, 314 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Literature, English Literature: General Interest, English Literature 1830-1900
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies
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    Subjects:
    Literature, English Literature: General Interest, English Literature 1830-1900
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies
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    Better known for her five volume portrait of English rural life, Our Village, Mary Russell Mitford (1787–1855) was one of the most prolific female writers of her day. Part critical essay, part autobiography, Recollections consists of a series of sketches on and selections from Mitford's favourite authors, stemming from her desire 'to make others relish a few favourite writers as heartily as I have relished them myself'. The collection is arranged according to Mitford's own eclectic system of categorization including 'fashionable poets', 'cavalier poets', and 'poetry that poets love'. This second volume includes essays on Spanish ballads, Ben Jonson, Leigh Hunt, Shelley, Keats, and several others. Mitford wears her immense literary skill lightly and Recollections is masterfully written, full of lively wit and fascinating biographical detail. Published just three years before Mitford's death, it was based on earlier articles and letters.

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