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Exploring the life of Mary Lamb, the book reveals how her tragic past, including her incarceration after her mother's death, shaped her relationships with prominent Romantic figures like Coleridge and Wordsworth. It highlights her unique position in accessing literature, challenging the societal norms of her class and era, and illustrates the intersection of madness, creativity, and female experience in the Romantic period.
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Mad Mary Lamb, Susan Tyler Hitchcock
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- Released
- 2006
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- Title
- Mad Mary Lamb
- Subtitle
- Lunacy and Murder in Literary London
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Susan Tyler Hitchcock
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Released
- 2006
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 350
- ISBN13
- 9780393327533
- Category
- Biographies and Thoughts
- Description
- Exploring the life of Mary Lamb, the book reveals how her tragic past, including her incarceration after her mother's death, shaped her relationships with prominent Romantic figures like Coleridge and Wordsworth. It highlights her unique position in accessing literature, challenging the societal norms of her class and era, and illustrates the intersection of madness, creativity, and female experience in the Romantic period.