Autograph letter signed from Sir Uvedale Price to Lady Margaret Beaumont, written from Worcester and dated 21 July 1814
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CMV35283
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MA 1581.140, ‘Letter from Uvedale Price, Worcester, to Lady Margaret Beaumont, 1814 July 21 : autograph manuscript signed.’
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Autograph letter signed from Sir Uvedale Price to Lady Margaret Beaumont, written from Worcester and dated 21 July 1814
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Autograph letter signed from Sir Uvedale Price to Lady Margaret Beaumont, written from Worcester and dated 21 July 1814
Detailed Summary:
Price discusses various literary works, stating that the recipient had been unfair in comparing an ode titled Europe Rediviva to a work which had inspired the likes of Wordsworth and Coleridge. He goes on to discuss the nature of literary fame and how this can influence contemporary readers of anonymously published words, recounting an anecdote about Voltaire. He reveals that the author of Europe Rediviva is Henry Gally Knight and asks if this changes her perception of the poem. He concludes with a discussion of his ill health and the ineffectiveness of various diets that he has attempted.
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4 pp.
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229 x 184 mm
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A postmark has been stamped above the address.
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21 July 1814
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Purchased as a gift of the Fellows from Benjamin Ifor Evans in 1954.
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