William Empson letters 1851 or 1852

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William Empson letters 1851 or 1852

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This small collection comprises five letters written by William Empson, editor of the , regarding Leigh Hunt's review of James Dennistoun's (1851). Edinburgh Review Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino

5 items (20 p. and envelope)

eng,

University of Delaware Library - Special Collections

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Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859

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English essayist and poet. From the description of [Letters] / Leigh Hunt. [1848-1856] (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 234302986 From the description of Criticism on female beauty : notes, ca. 1824. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122510755 Leigh Hunt moved from Chelsea to Kensington in 1840. From the description of Leigh Hunt, letter : Kensington, England : Autograph note signed, [1840?] Nov. 22. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record...

Empson, W. (William), 1791-1852

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British barrister, literary reviewer, and editor William Empson was born in 1791. After graduating from Trinity College, Cambridge, Empson was called to the bar in 1819. Empson practiced law until 1824, when he became a law professor at the East India Company College in Hertfordshire, England. In 1823 Empson began to write for the influential Edinburgh Review, prolifically covering such topics as history, biography, literature, law, and polit...