Landor. A Replevin.

Language: German

Published by Archon Books, 1970

0208009906 / 9780208009906

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502 S.; Frontispiz; Illustr.; 24 cm. Gutes Ex.; Umschl. stw. berieben. - Englisch. // Arnold Henry Savage Landor (* 2. Juni 1867 in Florenz; 26. Dezember 1924 ebenda) war ein Maler, Reiseschriftsteller und Forscher. Sein Vater war Charles Savage Landor. Der Dichter Walter Savage Landor war sein Großvater. (wiki) // INHALT : TOWARDS THE QUARRY. -- Landor's reputation - the influence and character of John Forster - Dickens's portrait of Boy thorn - the need for "a replevin". -- THE REBEL BRED. -- Inheritance and family - impatience of authority - arrogance and brilliance - removed from Rugby - with Langley at Ashbourne - the "mad Jacobin" at Oxford - rustication. -- THE PULSE OF YOUTH. -- Nancy Jones at Tenby - lodgings in London - Poems published - Dorothy Lyttelton - refusal to enter a profession - retreat to Swansea - political satire- - Rose Aylmer - writing Gebir - reception of Gebir - revolutionary opinions - friendship with Dr. Parr - Robert Adair and Whig politics - Tom Paine, Talma, Anna Seward, Bertie Greatheed, Serjeant Rough - Southey on Gebir - Poems from the Arabic and Persian and the Postscript to Gebir. -- THE LOVES AND THE GRACES -- Amours at Swansea and Bath - his brother Robert - Paris in 1802 - political disillusion - Poetry by the Author of Gebir - fashionable society at Bath - meets Ianthe - love poems in Simonidea - his father's death - pursuit of Ianthe - -sells Staffordshire estates to purchase Llanthony Abbey - friendship with Southey - service in Spain as a volunteer, 1808. -- MARRIAGE. -- Political writings - The Dun Cow - writing Count Julian - character and dialogue - reception of Count Julian - plans for marriage - marries Julia Thuillier. -- BOYTHORN AT LLANTHONY. The Vale of Llanthony - a legacy of strife - the lawyer Gabell - Charles Betham as tenant - the suppressed Commentary on Memoirs of Mr. Fox - war with tenants and the attorney Price - magistracy refused by the Duke of Beaufort - the case of Tombes of Trodrumon - Baker Gabb succeeds Gabell - Thomas the publican - quarrel with Betham - persecution by tenants, creditors, and attorneys - writes The Charitable Dowager and the Letters of Calvus - financial embarrassment - sued for libel - driven into exile - the rights of the Betham case. -- FIRST YEARS OF EXILE. -- Separation from his wife in Jersey - at Tours through the Hundred Days - rejoined by his wife and brother Robert - journey to Como - scandal of the Princess of Wales - financial settlement - Southey's visit to Como - Arnold Landor born - expulsion from Como - at Pisa and Pistoia - Latin verse - correspondence with Wordsworth - Queen Caroline's misconduct - birth of his daughter - move to Florence, 1821. -- FLORENCE: FIRST IMAGINART CONVERSATIONS. -- Trouble with Count Lozzi and the British minister - at the Palazzo Medici - friendships with Francis Hare, Seymour Kirkup, and Charles Brown - meets Leigh Hunt - exchanges with Byron - negotiating publication of Imaginary Conversations - correspondence with Julius Hare and John Taylor - counsel's opinion on libel - the book's reception - dispute with Taylor - Southey and Julius Hare as mediators. -- FLORENCE AND ROME. -- Hostilities with the Florentines - collecting pictures - devotion to his children - his circle of friends - Hazlitt's visit - visit to Rome in 1826 - meets Lord and Lady Blessington - with Blessington to Naples - defence of Lady Blessington. -- MOVE TO FIESOLE. -- Joseph Ablett and the sculptor Gibson - Colburn publishes more Imaginary Conversations - ordered to leave Florence - buys the Villa Gherardescha at Fiesole - his mother's death - finances - Ianthe at Florence - John Kenyon and Henry Crabb Robinson - Poems of 1831 - dispute with his neighbour Antoir - High and Low Life in Italy - Lord Wenlock and E. J. Trelawny - return to England in 1832. -- ENGLAND AFTER EIGHTEEN YEARS -- Visits Ianthe at Brighton and Ablett at Llanbedr - meets Wordsworth - visits Southey at Keswick - from Colton and Warwick to Bath and Brigh. …

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Title
Landor. A Replevin.
Author
Elwin, Malcolm:
Publisher
Archon Books
Publication year
1970
Condition
Gut
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Binding
Soft cover
Language
German
ISBN 10
0208009906
ISBN 13
9780208009906
Item weight
700 grams
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