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Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi: A Taste for Eccentricity
Scholars and readers who are interested in eighteenth-century British literature are surely familiar with Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi in the light she came to be known in her lifetime and after: first, as the “formidable hostess” of Streatham House, South London, and then as an outcast from respectable eighteenth-century society after she had married the Italian piano teacher of her daughter. As a writer, her importance has long been that of a footnote to Samuel Johnson and as a consequence, she has been part of the official British literary canon only as a character. This volume introduces Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi as a whole, trying to link her fascinating and subversive biography to her development as a writer, emphasizing the innovative issues of her works, her style and her social and personal beliefs. Piozzi’s biography is an interesting example of the dynamic scene of the late eighteenth century, where she was both cons
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- The något privat eller personligt Letters of Hester Piozzi and Penelope Pennington, Hester Lynch Piozzi and Penelope Pennington
- Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson, Lynch Piozzi
- Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. 2 (of 2)Hester Lynch Piozzi
- Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. 1 (of 2)Hester Lynch Piozzi
- Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.)Hester Lynch Piozzi
- Anecdotes of the Learned PigJames Boswell and Hester Lynch Piozzi
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Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.)…
Edited with notes and Introductory Account of her life and writings
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