Book contents
- Metropolitan Art and Literature, 1810–1840
- Series page
- Metropolitan Art and Literature, 1810–1840
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Leigh Hunt, John Keats and the suburbs
- Chapter 2 William Hazlitt and the periodical press
- Chapter 3 Liber Amorisand lodging houses
- Chapter 4 Pierce Egan andLife in London
- Chapter 5 Charles Lamb and the alchemy of the streets
- Chapter 6 John Martin, John Soane and Cockney art
- Chapter 7 B. R. Haydon and debtors’ prisons
- Chapter 8 Charles Dickens and Cockney adventures
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 5 - Charles Lamb and the alchemy of the streets
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2012
- Metropolitan Art and Literature, 1810–1840
- Series page
- Metropolitan Art and Literature, 1810–1840
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Leigh Hunt, John Keats and the suburbs
- Chapter 2 William Hazlitt and the periodical press
- Chapter 3 Liber Amorisand lodging houses
- Chapter 4 Pierce Egan andLife in London
- Chapter 5 Charles Lamb and the alchemy of the streets
- Chapter 6 John Martin, John Soane and Cockney art
- Chapter 7 B. R. Haydon and debtors’ prisons
- Chapter 8 Charles Dickens and Cockney adventures
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Metropolitan Art and Literature, 1810–1840Cockney Adventures, pp. 137 - 162Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012