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Coleridge and Wordsworth  \nThis page intentionally left blank  \nCharles Lamb, Coleridge and Wordsworth  \nReading Friendship in the 1790s  \nFelicity James  \n© Felicity James 2008  \nAll rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission.  \nNo portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS.  \nAny person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted her right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.  \nFirst published 2008 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN  \nPalgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS.  \nPalgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010.  \nPalgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world.  \nPalgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries.  \nISBN-13: 978–0–230–54524–3 hardback  \nISBN-10: 0–230–54524–6 hardback  \nThis book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin.  \nA catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.  \nA catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.  \n10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1  \n17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 Printed and bound in Great Britain by  \nCPI Antony Rowe, Chippenham and Eastbourne  \nContents  \nList of Abbreviations viii  \nAcknowledgements xi  \nPermissions xiii  \nIntroduction: Placing Lamb 1  \nPart I Idealising Friendship  \n1 Frendotatoi meta frendous: Constructing Friendship in the 1790s 13  \nDecember 1794 13  \n‘Bowles, Priestley, Burke’: The Morning Chronicle sonnets 18  \nNew readings of familial and friendly affection 24  \nPantisocracy and the ‘family of soul’ 26  \nUnitarian readings of friendship 30  \nSensibility and benevolence 34  \nReading David Hartley 39  \nReadings of feeling in Coleridge and Lamb 43  \nLamb’s sensibilities: two early sonnets 47  \n2 Rewritings of Friendship, 1796–1797 55  \nSpring 1796 55  \nColeridge’s rewritings of Lamb 56  \nTrapped in the Bower: Coleridgean reflections in retirement 62  \n‘Ears of Sympathy’: Lamb’s sympathetic response 71  \nRewritings of Coleridge 74  \nPart II Doubting Friendship  \n3 The ‘Day of Horrors’ 83  \nSeptember 1796 83  \nAftermath 85  \nReconstructing the poetry of familial affection 91  \nNether Stowey: ‘an Elysium upon earth’? 96  \nvi Contents  \n4 ‘Cold, Cold, Cold’: Loneliness and Reproach 101  \nJune 1797 101  \n‘Gloomy boughs’ and sunny leaves: the  \nWordsworth-Coleridge conversation 103  \nVisions of unity: This Lime-tree Bower my Prison 105  \nThe Overcoat and the Manchineel: Lamb’s response 111  \nThe ‘Reft House’ of the ‘Nehemiah Higginbottom’ sonnets 114  \n5 Blank Verse and Fears in Solitude 120  \nFebruary 1798 120  \nBlank Verse and Lyrical Ballads 125  \nMidnight reproach 130  \n‘Living without God in the World’ 134  \nEdmund Oliver: forging a ‘common identity’ 136  \nColeridge and the ‘lying Angel’ 139  \nPart III Reconstructing Friendship  \n6 A Text of Friendship: Rosamund Gray 145  \nSpring 1798 145  \nAnxieties of friendship: letters to Robert Lloyd 146  \n‘Inscribed in friendship’: t","cbCaif75mUUladQv","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaif75mUUladQv","pdf",2224821,281,"English","# Contents\n## List of Abbreviations\n## Acknowledgements\n## Permissions\n## Introduction: Placing Lamb\n## Part I Idealising Friendship\n## Part II Doubting Friendship\n## Part III Reconstructing Friendship\n## Notes\n## Bibliography\n## Index","[{\"question\":\"What time period does the book focus on?\",\"answer\":\"The study centers on the 1790s, following developments through dated sections such as December 1794, September 1796, June 1797, and later seasons.\"},{\"question\":\"Which major themes of friendship does the book trace?\",\"answer\":\"It examines how friendship is idealised, rewritten, doubted, and reconstructed, moving through discussions of sensibility, benevolence, loneliness, reproach, and solitude.\"},{\"question\":\"What works are highlighted in the analysis?\",\"answer\":\"The contents point to readings of poems and narratives including Rosamund Gray, John Woodvil, and Lamb’s responses in relation to Wordsworth and Coleridge.\"}]","Charles Lamb, Coleridge and Wordsworth - Reading Friendship in the 1790s | PDF",1789772643,433]