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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Preface xi
Introduction: between Eden and fleet xv
Chapter 1 The Temple 1
Chapter 2 Christ’s Hospital 23
Chapter 3 East India 40
Chapter 4 Salutation and Cat 65
Chapter 5 Day of Horrors 79
Chapter 6 Unitarian 90
Chapter 7 Mention Nothing of Poetry 94
Chapter 8 Divine Chit-Chat 102
Chapter 9 Nether Stowey 108
Chapter 10 Blank Verse 115
Chapter 11 Pentonville 124
Chapter 12 Frog and Toad 129
Chapter 13 Quakers 138
Chapter 14 George Dyer 145
Chapter 15 Manning 152
Chapter 16 Godwin 165
Chapter 17 Anatomy of Melancholy 170
Chapter 18 Southampton Buildings 177
Chapter 19 Flâneur 193
Chapter 20 Journalism 199
Chapter 21 Bartholomew Fair 211
Chapter 22 Mary’s Letters 214
Chapter 23 Long and Rueful Faces 219
Chapter 24 Puns 223
Chapter 25 Sweeps and Beggars 240
Chapter 26 Shipwreck 247
Chapter 27 Hogsflesh 252
Chapter 28 Tales from Shakespear 257
Chapter 29 Specimens of English Dramatic Poets 265
Chapter 30 Mrs. Leicester’s School 278
Chapter 31 No. 4 Inner Temple Lane 281
Chapter 32 The Reflector 299
Chapter 33 Mania 310
Chapter 34 The Melancholy of Tailors 324
Chapter 35 Which Is the Gentleman We Are Going to Lose? 331
Chapter 36 Works 342
Chapter 37 Fanny 349
Chapter 38 The London Magazine 357
Chapter 39 Elia Say 363
Chapter 40 Magazines Increase and Multiply 367
Chapter 41 Emma 381
Chapter 42 Imperfect Sympathies 388
Chapter 43 Paris 398
Chapter 44 Colebrook 401
Chapter 45 Retirement 411
Chapter 46 Enfield 419
Chapter 47 Three Portraits 422
Chapter 48 Album Verses 429
Chapter 49 “Am” to “Have” 434
Chapter 50 His Great and Dear Spirit Haunts Me 439
Chapter 51 A Swallow Flying 447
Notes 453
Bibliography 477
Acknowledgments 493
Index 497

https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300262490-024

Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Preface xi
Introduction: between Eden and fleet xv
Chapter 1 The Temple 1
Chapter 2 Christ’s Hospital 23
Chapter 3 East India 40
Chapter 4 Salutation and Cat 65
Chapter 5 Day of Horrors 79
Chapter 6 Unitarian 90
Chapter 7 Mention Nothing of Poetry 94
Chapter 8 Divine Chit-Chat 102
Chapter 9 Nether Stowey 108
Chapter 10 Blank Verse 115
Chapter 11 Pentonville 124
Chapter 12 Frog and Toad 129
Chapter 13 Quakers 138
Chapter 14 George Dyer 145
Chapter 15 Manning 152
Chapter 16 Godwin 165
Chapter 17 Anatomy of Melancholy 170
Chapter 18 Southampton Buildings 177
Chapter 19 Flâneur 193
Chapter 20 Journalism 199
Chapter 21 Bartholomew Fair 211
Chapter 22 Mary’s Letters 214
Chapter 23 Long and Rueful Faces 219
Chapter 24 Puns 223
Chapter 25 Sweeps and Beggars 240
Chapter 26 Shipwreck 247
Chapter 27 Hogsflesh 252
Chapter 28 Tales from Shakespear 257
Chapter 29 Specimens of English Dramatic Poets 265
Chapter 30 Mrs. Leicester’s School 278
Chapter 31 No. 4 Inner Temple Lane 281
Chapter 32 The Reflector 299
Chapter 33 Mania 310
Chapter 34 The Melancholy of Tailors 324
Chapter 35 Which Is the Gentleman We Are Going to Lose? 331
Chapter 36 Works 342
Chapter 37 Fanny 349
Chapter 38 The London Magazine 357
Chapter 39 Elia Say 363
Chapter 40 Magazines Increase and Multiply 367
Chapter 41 Emma 381
Chapter 42 Imperfect Sympathies 388
Chapter 43 Paris 398
Chapter 44 Colebrook 401
Chapter 45 Retirement 411
Chapter 46 Enfield 419
Chapter 47 Three Portraits 422
Chapter 48 Album Verses 429
Chapter 49 “Am” to “Have” 434
Chapter 50 His Great and Dear Spirit Haunts Me 439
Chapter 51 A Swallow Flying 447
Notes 453
Bibliography 477
Acknowledgments 493
Index 497

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