Thomas Chatterton

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Sacrificing any chance of his own fame, the eighteenth century teenage poet Thomas Chatterton attributed his poems to a fictitious fifteenth century poet, under the name Sir Thomas Rowley. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature’s finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents the complete works of Thomas Chatterton, with beautiful illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

Description

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Chatterton’s life and works
* Concise introduction to the life and poetry of Chatterton
* Excellent formatting of the poems
* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry
* Easily locate the poems you want to read
* The poetry texts are taken from the celebrated Walter Skeat edition of Chatterton – available in no other digital collection
* Rare Rowley poems available nowhere else
* Includes Chatterton’s prose works – explore the poet’s personal letters
* Features two biographies – discover Chatterton’s literary life
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

CONTENTS:

The Poetry of Thomas Chatterton
BRIEF INTRODUCTION: THOMAS CHATTERTON

The Poems
LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

The Prose
LIST OF LETTERS AND OTHER PROSE WORKS

The Biographies
THE LIFE OF THOMAS CHATTERTON by Edward Bell
CHATTERTON’S LIFE AND DEATH AND THE GENESIS OF THE ROWLEY POEMS by Maurice Evan Hare