Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington

By: Pilkington, Laetitia

This is the first scholarly edition of the Memoirs of Laetitia Van Lewen Pilkington (1709?-1750), a poet, ghostwriter, and prot g e of Jonathan Swift and the playwright/stage manager Colley Cibber. Swift's first biographer by virtue of her lively portrayals of him, Pilkington remains the best chronicler of the great satirist's private life while he was at the height of his influence and creativity. Offering as well an account of Pilkington's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820350877
• ISBN13: 9780820350875
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 792 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.7" x 9.1"