Charles Lamb Romantic

Info

- "prince of English essayists" (Horton 554)

- romantic reverence for ordinary

- nostalgic

Works

- "Old China" - superiority of old days of youth and poverty

- circular form

- "I wish the old days would come again...when we were not quite so rich." (Horton 557).

Terms

- familiar essay - personal essay perfected by Lamb; distinct from more formal and public neoclassical periodical essay (Horton 719)

Citation

Horton, Ronald A. British Literature for Christian Schools. Greenville, SC: Bob Jones University Press, 1992.