Humble Men in Company: The unlikely friendship of Charles Lamb and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
I really enjoyed this book, in large part because the authors style brings the characters to life and I...
The Romantic period, an intellectual revolution of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, was an era of literary greats – heroic individualists and artists whose pioneering examples would elevate society and legitimize the individual imagination as a critical authority, freeing us from classical notions of form. It was also an era of great literary friendships: Byron and Shelley, Pope and Swift, Mill and Carlyle – Coleridge and Lamb, to name a few.Humble Men in Company is an intimate portrait of the lives and works of Coleridge and Lamb, influential Romantic-era writers portrayed through their many years of correspondence: from their early years at Christ’s Hospital boarding school, through a staggering series of setbacks and disappointments, both meteoric and mediocre literary acceptance, Coleridge’s legendary substance abuse and Lamb’s late discovery of the essay as a form of expression.Kirby Evans, opens up a new appreciation for the ways these unlikely friends shared the heroism of their age – the passions of an intellectual life. So different and yet so complementary, Coleridge and Lamb provide us with a unique and...
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I really enjoyed this book, in large part because the authors style brings the characters to life and I really felt for them in the ups and downs of their friendship. I disagree with the previous reviewer on many points, and felt the need to express what I think would be the view of most readers. Regarding the portrayal of Coleridge... Full disclosure: I did some work on this title for the publisher and saw an earlier version in manuscript form.This is a non-academic examination of the friendship between essayist Charles Lamb and Romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, as the subtitle suggests. Overall, it's a decent read: well researched and annotated. The author... undergraduate/gradute students; non-academic readers with an interest in biographies
