American Scholar, June 22nd, 1998
The author Charles Lamb deserves more popularity than he currently experiences. His life was often difficult, including attendance at a harsh charity school, episodes of insanity, and a family murder. Lamb's writing, especially his essays and criticism, remain perceptive and witty. Lamb was also the friend of several Romantic writers, including Samuel Taylor Coleridge. His name is surely part of the problem. Had he been Charles Tiger, he might not have to drag behind him, like a tattered baby blanket, his undeserved reputation for being namby-pamby and fuddy-duddy. He didn't think he was lamb...
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