WorkRobert Southey

The Life of William Cowper

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Documented 1836

Journals

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When Fuller engaged with this work

I. Childhood

II. Adolescence

III. Self-Directed

IV. Transcendentalist1record

V. New York

VI. Europe

✦. Memoirs (1852)

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Journal December 1836

p12–13

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“We talked of Southey's Life of Cowper. I had not read it, and he told me about it. Was satisfied that Newton pressed Cowper too hard. 'It is a sad book, said he. I do not like Southey.”

Fuller, Margaret. "Journal December 1836." Houghton Library, Harvard University; MS Am 1086; Box 3.