Humour in the Letters of Thomas Campbell.

Humour within the letters and personal writings of Romantic poets and authors has remained relatively neglected. Similarly seldom studied is the Scottish Romantic poet Thomas Campbell (1777–1844). Calling into question John Anster's assessment of Campbell's letters as a 'weary heap of good-for-nothi...

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Publicado en:Romanticism Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 246 - 256
Autor principal: Wilcockson, Amy
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Publicado: Edinburgh University Press Oct2022
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