Memoirs, Journal, and Correspondence of Thomas Moore - 9781108058971

Memoirs, Journal, and Correspondence of Thomas MooreAuthor(s): Thomas Moore, John Russell\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108058971, 978-1108058971\nSynopsis\nThroughout his professional life, the poet Thomas Moore [tel] was variously celebrated and vilified for both his verse and his politics. Born in Dublin, he remained an ardent Irish patriot until his death. This eight-volume collection of Moore's memoirs, diaries and letters, edited by his friend Lord John Russell [tel] and first published between 1853 and 1856, provides rare insights into a man whose genius was applauded by the Morning Chronicle as 'embracing almost all sides of imaginative literature, of criticism and philosophy'. Volume 6 contains Moore's diary for the period [tel], during which time he finally published Letters and Journals of Lord Byron [tel] and the book that won him respect as a leading Irish patriot, The Life and.