Diary, Reminiscences and Correspondence
Diary, Reminiscences and Correspondence
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Henry Crabb Robinson (1775–1867) was a lawyer and journalist who was acquainted with all the significant literary and cultural figures of his day. His lifelong habit of keeping diaries, letters and memoirs, from which this 1869 compilation derives, provides a major source of biographical information about his friends.
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Diary, Reminiscences and Correspondence by Henry Crabb Robinson
Henry Crabb Robinson (1775–1867) was a lawyer, journalist and indefatigable diarist, who was acquainted with almost all the important figures in English and European cultural circles. His surviving writings amount to almost one hundred volumes, from which this selection was compiled in 1869. He studied at Jena where he became acquainted with Goethe and Schiller, and became foreign editor for The Times, despatching eyewitness reports on the Battle of Corunna. He travelled to Switzerland and Italy with Wordsworth, and his reminiscences of William Blake are an important source of information on that visionary. He attended Coleridge's public lectures, recording not only the content but anecdotes about the audiences. Other activities included helping found the Athenaeum Club and University College, London. The combination of anecdote and critical appraisal of the notables about whom he writes makes the diaries a valuable source for the culture of the nineteenth century.
Henry Crabb Robinson (1775-1867) was an English lawyer, journalist, and diarist who helped to found London University (now University College London). John Thomas Smith (1766-1833) was an English painter, engraver, antiquarian, and keeper of prints for the British Musuem. Alexander Gilchrist (1828-1861) was an author known for his biographies. Martin Myrone is lead curator of British art to 1800 at Tate and curated Tate's landmark 2019 Blake exhibition.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781108024884 |
| ISBN 10 | 1108024882 |
| Title | Diary, Reminiscences and Correspondence |
| Author | Henry Crabb Robinson |
| Series | Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2011-01-06 |
| Number of pages | 542 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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