Maturin, Charles Robert (1780 - 1824) - Robert Lougy (Essay Date 1975)
ROBERT LOUGY (ESSAY DATE 1975)
SOURCE: Lougy, Robert. "The Later Years, 1820–1824." In Charles Robert Maturin, pp. 64-87. Lewisburg, Penn.: Bucknell University Press, 1975.
In the following essay, Lougy surveys the events that took place during Maturin's final years, and analyzes the works that he composed during this period.
Even at the time of Fredolfo's failure, and as early as September 1818, Maturin was already thinking about—if not actually engaged in writing—a new drama and also a romance. The drama, however, was never published and was not produced until six years after Maturin's death. The manuscript of this drama, entitled Osmyn the Renegade (also known as The Siege of Salerno), had been given to Edmund Kean for his perusal, and he had for unknown reasons refused to return it. Between the years of 1821–1822, it disappeared in London and was not...
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