{"product_id":"9781108066709","title":"The Life, and Posthumous Writings, of William Cowper, Esqr.: Volume 2 : With an Introductory Letter to the Right Honourable Earl Cowper (Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies)","description":"\u003cp\u003eSuccessors such as Wordsworth and Coleridge admired yet overshadowed William Cowper (1731-1800). Troubled by mental instability, he retreated from both the legal profession and the woman he had hoped to marry, seeking out a quiet existence in the country. In spite of his struggles, he made a translation of Homer's Iliad, produced a considerable body of poetry, and maintained many epistolary contacts. This four-volume biography, compiled by his friend and fellow poet William Hayley (1745-1820), appeared between 1803 and 1806, bringing together selected letters and unpublished poems to illuminate Cowper's personal and literary life. Volume 2 (1803) contains personal letters from the period 1791-4, accompanied by Hayley's biographical remarks. Also included are appendices of some of Cowper's original poems and translations from Latin and Greek, notably sections from Horace and Virgil.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49122634367203,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":74.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0764\/3758\/6147\/files\/9781108066709-1.jpg?v=1788370431","url":"https:\/\/usa.kinokuniya.com\/products\/9781108066709","provider":"Books Kinokuniya USA","version":"1.0","type":"link"}