Neglected Genius. A poem. Illustrating the untimely and unfortunate fate of many British poets; from the period of Henry the Eighth to æra of the Unfortunate Chatterton. Containing imitations of their different styles [...]
Publisher: Printed by W. Wilson … for George Cowie and Co. … and Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
Published: 1812
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
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Full title:</b> Neglected Genius. A poem. Illustrating the untimely and unfortunate fate of many British poets; from the period of Henry the Eighth to æra of the Unfortunate Chatterton. Containing imitations of their different styles, &amp;c. &amp;c. By W. H. Ireland, author of the Fisher Boy, Sailor Boy, Cottage Girl, &amp;c., &amp;c., &amp;c.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 8vo. pp. xxiv, 151. Signatures: [a]8 b4 B-K8 L4. Original boards, rebacked. Presentation inscription by Ireland to Robert Shaw on title page. Contains bookplate of George Hilder Libbis on front pastedown.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;">This work by the former Shakespeare forger William Henry Ireland (1775-1835) includes praise for and a pastiche of Thomas Chatterton.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/catalog/bib_4103245" rel="ugc nofollow">Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.</a></span></span></p>