Overview
Volume III continues the eighteenth-century project of preserving the lives and works of British and Irish poets through biography, anecdote, and literary judgment. The emphasis is not only on poems but on the people who wrote them.
This title is catalogued in Classics & Literature. Its reading profile is Medium and Moderate, with themes including literature, learning, history.
One-Page Summary
Volume III continues the eighteenth-century project of preserving the lives and works of British and Irish poets through biography, anecdote, and literary judgment. The emphasis is not only on poems but on the people who wrote them. Education, patronage, friendships, financial difficulties, scandals, and personal habits are woven into accounts of literary production, showing how dependent writers were on the social structures around them. The volume is particularly interesting as a history of taste. What earlier readers considered memorable does not always match modern literary canon, allowing us to see reputation as something that changes over time.
Key Themes
Literature: This title is tagged with literature as one of its main themes.
Learning: This title is tagged with learning as one of its main themes.
History: This title is tagged with history as one of its main themes.