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Essay Review Of Lucasta Miller. L. E. L. : The Lost Life And Scandalous Death Of Letitia Elizabeth Landon, The Celebrated “Female Byron.”, David E. Latane
Essay Review Of Lucasta Miller. L. E. L. : The Lost Life And Scandalous Death Of Letitia Elizabeth Landon, The Celebrated “Female Byron.”, David E. Latane
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Essay review of Lucasta Miller's L. E. L. : The Lost Life and Scandalous Death of Letitia Elizabeth Landon, the Celebrated “Female Byron," a landmark study of one of the most important poets of the 1820s and 1830s published by Knopf in 2019. After noting the remarkable research and important contribution to our knowledge of Landon's life and work, the review takes issue with some of the traits of popular biography found in the book, for example reaching too hard for significance, informal and imprecise language, lack of qualification when needed, distortions to make the story more exciting, etc.