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The Centenary Letters

William Cowper

Edited by Simon Malpas

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ISBN: 978 1 857544 63 3
Categories: 18th Century, 19th Century
Imprint: FyfieldBooks
Published: January 2000
216 x 135 x 13 mm
256 pages
Publisher: Carcanet Press
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  • Author
    • Contents:

    Introduction
    Acknowledgements
    Further Reading

    THE LETTERS

    Index of Correspondents
    To Whom the Letters are Addressed
    William Cowper
    Born in 1731, the first surviving child of John Cowper, Rector ofBerkhamsted and Chaplain to George 11, and Anne (née Donne), who died whenhe was six; destined for a legal career, he was educated at Westminster and theMiddle Temple. In 1763 he suffered a major breakdown. After several attempts atsuicide, he ... read more
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