A model of editorial tact, thoroughness, and clarity. Not only does
it greatly enlarge the canon of Cowper's prose, it provides at
every point, unobtrusively and economically, exactly what the
reader needs: a chronology of Cowper's life at the beginning of
each volume, brief introductory characterizations of the volume as
a whole and of Cowper's individual correspondents during the
relevant period, precise textual information, concise annotation,
lists of letters included and of those known to be missing, a fine
index...indispensable.
*Patricia Meyer Spacks, Journal of English and German
Philology*
A model of editorial tact, thoroughness, and clarity. Not only does
it greatly enlarge the canon of Cowper's prose, it provides at
every point, unobtrusively and economically, exactly what the
reader needs: a chronology of Cowper's life at the beginning of
each volume, brief introductory characterizations of the volume as
a whole and of Cowper's individual correspondents during the
relevant period, precise textual information, concise annotation,
lists of letters included and of those known to be missing, a fine
index...indispensable.
*Patricia Meyer Spacks, Journal of English and German Philology*
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