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Richard Holmes is the author of Footsteps: Adventures of a Romantic Biographer; Dr. Johnson & Mr. Savage; Shelley: The Pursuit; Coleridge: Early Visions, 1772-1804; and Coleridge: Darker Reflections, 1804-1834, which was a 1999 New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice and a National Book Critics afficher plus Circle Awards finalist. He lives in England. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins

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Les Chants de l'innocence et de l'Expérience (1789) — Directeur de publication, quelques éditions4,033 exemplaires
The Life of Nelson (1812) — Directeur de publication, quelques éditions279 exemplaires
Selected Poems (Penguin Classics) (1996) — Directeur de publication, quelques éditions264 exemplaires
First Folio: A Little Book of Folio Forewords (2008) — Contributeur — 179 exemplaires
A Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark and Memoirs of the Author of 'The Rights of Woman' (1796) — Directeur de publication, quelques éditions159 exemplaires
Granta 32: History (1990) — Contributeur — 151 exemplaires
Granta 41: Biography (1992) — Contributeur — 143 exemplaires
Granta 10: Travel Writing (1984) — Contributeur — 88 exemplaires
The Life of William Blake (1907) — Directeur de publication, quelques éditions87 exemplaires
The Folio Poets: Coleridge (2003) — Directeur de publication — 44 exemplaires
Shelley on Love: An Anthology (1980) — Directeur de publication — 24 exemplaires
Defoe on Sheppard and Wild: The True and Genuine Account of the Life and Actions of the Late Jonathan Wild (2004) — Directeur de publication, quelques éditions19 exemplaires
Godwin on Wollstonecraft: The Life of Mary Wollstonecraft by William Godwin (Lives That Never Grow Old) (2005) — Directeur de publication, quelques éditions11 exemplaires
Thomas Chatterton and romantic culture (1999) — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires

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didn't know much about either the herschels or humphry davy interesting
 
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cspiwak | 60 autres critiques | Mar 6, 2024 |
Here's what I wrote on 2010 about this read: "Different type of read for me. The almost-reads-like-a-novel story of British scientists and poets of the Romantic Era. Great history of Banks, who visited Tahiti and lead the Royal Society of Scientists (although they weren't named that yet), William Hershel, the German refugee who discovered Urananus and his sister, Caroline, who discovered massive numbers of comets. Then there's Mary Shelley, who wrote Frankenstein during this period. Others as well; very engaging and educational read!"… (plus d'informations)
 
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MGADMJK | 60 autres critiques | Aug 17, 2023 |
When I loved this book, I absolutely adored it. The sections on Robert Louis Stevenson and Mary Wollstonecraft are tremendous. Unfortunately, I found the Shelley section far less interesting, and the section on Nerval went on a bit long, although it was mostly engaging and rewarding. By writing about biography and art and career and creativity, Holmes is essentially talking about life. Apart from in the Shelley section, I found I could relate to the author or his subject.

Holmes writes beautifully, with very clear prose that invites the reader to empathise.… (plus d'informations)
 
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robfwalter | 6 autres critiques | Jul 31, 2023 |
After reading "Falling Upward" I came across a review of this work and thought it would be an interesting read. It is, but more than a coherent memoir, which the review led me to believe, it is a set of short biographies of diverse people, some famous, some not. Holmes takes the "reflections" on these lives seriously and occasionally speculates on his subjects.
 
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nmele | Jul 25, 2023 |

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