Thomas Love Peacock (Magill’s Choice: Notable British Novelists)
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Before turning his talents to the satirical novel, Thomas Love Peacock wrote poetry. His early works include Palmyra and Other Poems (1806), The Genius of the Thames (1810), The Philosophy of Melancholy (1812), and Sir Proteus: A Satrical Ballad (1814). When his principal efforts turned to prose, Peacock continued to produce the occasional elegant lyric or rousing song, many of them incorporated into his novels. His long narrative poem Rhododaphne (1818), “a nympholeptic tale,” attracted considerable contemporary...
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