With his Elia essays, nearly all written for the London Magazine during the years 1820-1826, Charles Lamb, clerk at the East India Company for thirty-three years, achieved a blend of the personal, witty, poetic, and profound in exquisitely subtle short...

With his Elia essays, nearly all written for the London Magazine during the years 1820-1826, Charles Lamb, clerk at the East India Company for thirty-three years, achieved a blend of the personal, witty, poetic, and profound in exquisitely subtle short...

The following essay discusses Charles Lamb and his sister, Mary Lamb. Although Charles Lamb was best known to his contemporaries for his essays published under the pseudonym "Elia," his place in the annals of children's literature rests on Tales from...

Charles Lamb achieved lasting fame as a writer during the years 1820-1825, when he captivated the discerning English reading public with his personal essays in the London Magazine, collected as Essays of Elia (1823) and The Last Essays of Elia (1833)....

The English author, critic, and minor poet Charles Lamb (1775-1834) is best known for the essays he wrote under the name Elia. He remains one of the most loved and read of English essayists. Charles Lamb was born on Feb. 10, 1775, in London. At the age...