Four of the six essays reprinted from the author's Essays biographical and critical: chiefly on English poets, published in 1856. Reprint of the 1874 ed.
Contents:
Wordsworth.--Scottish influence in British literature.--The life and poetry of Shelley.--The life and poetry of Keats.--Theories of poetry.--Prose and verse: De Quincey.
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