His poetry includes a tongue in cheek work based on a meter learned from George Wither, "The Farewell to Tobacco," as well as the ballad "Hester." His criticism, which was singled out by A.C. Bradley, includes "On the Artificial Comedy of the Last Century" and "On the Genius of and Character of Hogarth." He collaborated with Charles Lloyd on Blank Verse, and he was referred to as "gentle hearted" in "This Lime Tree Bower My Prison," a work by his friend Samuel Taylor Col
His poetry includes a tongue in cheek work based on a meter learned from George Wither, "The Farewell to Tobacco," as well as the ballad "Hester." His criticism, which was singled out by A.C. Bradley, includes "On the Artificial Comedy of the Last Century" and "On the Genius of and Character of Hogarth." He collaborated with Charles Lloyd on Blank Verse, and he was referred to as "gentle hearted" in "This Lime Tree Bower My Prison," a work by his friend Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Though he struggled with play writing, as evidenced by the failures of both the satire, Mr H, and the Elizabethanesque drama, John Woodvil, he found great success with a series of prose pieces such as "The Praise of Chimney Sweepers," "Christ's Hospital," and "A Dissertation on Roast Pig," all of which were written after adopting the persona of a former Italian clerk at the South Sea house. For 10 points, identify this British writer of the Essays of Elia.
His poetry includes a tongue in cheek work based on a meter learned from George Wither, "The Farewell to Tobacco," as well as the ballad "Hester."
Charles Lamb