— The Corvey Poets Project at the University of Nebraska —

British Poetry of the later Eighteenth and Earlier Nineteenth Centuries

Bibliographical and Contextual Apparatus

The Loves of The Devils; The Rape of the Lips; and other Poems. London: John Chappell and Son, 1823. xiv+145p.

Biographical Information

Despite searching multiple websites and standard print resources, I discovered no biographical information to be found about this author other than what he entrusted to us in his introduction — that he was young (a minor by our standards), and self-educated. He also gave thanks to his benefactors and signed off as "Their obedient Servant." We could deduce from this information that he did not come from a privileged background, but that he was apparently able to befriend those who could help him in his attempt at honor and privilege through poetry.

Sources searched:

19th Century British and Irish Authors. Searched 11/30/2004. Last updated 1/25/2002. http://lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/19th-authors.html
Harrison, Gary, Professor of English. The Romantics Page at UNM. Searched 11/30/2004. Last updated 4/20/2004. http://www.unm.edu/~garyh/romantic/romantic.html
Liu, Alan. Voice of the Shuttle. Searched 11/30/2004. http://vos.ucsb.edu/
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sir Sidney Lee, Eds. The Dictionary of National Biography. London: Oxford University Press, 1937. v.1

Prepared by Ashley Hilger, University of Nebraska, December 2004.
     © Ashley Hilger, 2004.