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Fictionally chronicles the life of the nineteenth century painter, writer, London dandy, forger, and murderer who was friends with all the major figures of the Romantic era and died alone in the penal colony in Tasmania.
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Andrew Motion is the author of three biographies and a number of books of poetry. In 1999 he was appointed Poet Laureate of Great Britain, and he is currently Professor of Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. Motion serves as head of the Literature Panel of the Arts Council and frequently broadcasts on the BBC.
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ch in unlikely characters, Thomas Griffiths Wainewright (1794-1847) was one of the strangest of all. A painter, writer, well-known London dandy and friend of most of the major figures of the Romantic era (from Blake to Byron, from John Clare to John Keats, Lamb, De Quincey and Hazlitt), he was also almost certainly a murderer, possibly several times over. Arrested and convicted of forgery--evidence was lacking to prove the murders--he was transported for life to the barbarous penal colony of Tasmania, where, years later, he died in obscurity. Behind him he left only rumors and fragments of documents, and a legend of evil that fascinated such writers as Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde. <br><br>With a brilliant blend of creative imagination and scholarly sleuthing, Andrew Motion evokes Wainewright's double life in a tour de force of the biographer's art. Cast in the form of a partly fictional "confession" written by the subject himself, buttressed (and sometimes contradicted) by the note
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- VerlagAlfred a Knopf Inc
- Erscheinungsdatum2000
- ISBN 10 0375402098
- ISBN 13 9780375402098
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- SpracheEnglisch
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Wainewright the Poisoner : The Memoir of Thomas Griffiths Wainewright; Regency Author, Painter, Swindler and Probable Murderer--Brilliantly Woven from Historical Fragments
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Wainewright the Poisoner : The Memoir of Thomas Griffiths Wainewright; Regency Author, Painter, Swindler and Probable Murderer--Brilliantly Woven from Historical Fragments
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Cloth, 8vo, 26 cm, xix, 276, [5] pp, 46 ills. From the blurb - "In a time rich in unlikely characters, Thomas Griffiths Wainewright (1794-1847) was one of the strangest of all. A painter, writer, well-known London dandy and friend of most of the major figures of the Romantic era (from Blake to Byron, from John Clare to John Keats, Lamb, De Quincey and Hazlitt), he was also almost certainly a murderer, possibly several times over. Arrested and convicted of forgery-evidence was lacking to prove the murders-he was transported for life to the barbarous penal colony of Tasmania, where, years later, he died in obscurity. Behind him he left only rumors and fragments of documents, and a legend of evil that fascinated such writers as Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde. With a brilliant blend of creative imagination and scholarly sleuthing, Andrew Motion evokes Wainewright' s double life in a tour de force of the biographer' s art. Cast in the form of a partly fictional "confession" written by the subject himself, buttressed (and sometimes contradicted) by the notes, background essays and other commentary setting out the known facts, it reveals the man as no straightforward history could do-his distinctive voice, his wit and charm, his callousness and unreliability, his pathos and, perhaps, his capacity for murder. As a distinguished biographer (of Philip Larkin and John Keats, among others), Andrew Motion has been notably successful in pinning down the often- elusive details of Wainewright' s life. As a first-rate poet (he succeeded Ted Hughes as Britain' s Poet Laureate), he shows himself equally skilled in the imaginative investigation of Wainewright' s bizarre psyche. The result is a richly memorable exploration of the darker side of human nature, of the roots of crime, of the nature of biography itself. " Purple booklabel of Stuart Schimmel, the literary forgery collector, on front pastedown endpaper, otherwise Very Good in slightly ingersoiled else Very Good dustwrapper. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-29752
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Wainewright the Poisoner: The Confession of Thomas Griffiths Wainewright
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hardcover. In a time rich in unlikely characters, Thomas Griffiths Wainewright (1794-1847) was one of the strangest of all. A painter, writer, well-known London dandy and friend of most of the major figures of the Romantic era (from Blake to Byron, from John Clare to John Keats, Lamb, De Quincey and Hazlitt), he was also almost certainly a murderer, possibly several times over. Arrested and convicted of forgery--evidence was lacking to prove the murders--he was transported for life to the barbarous penal colony of Tasmania, where, years later, he died in obscurity. Behind him he left only rumors and fragments of documents, and a legend of evil that fascinated such writers as Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde. With a brilliant blend of creative imagination and scholarly sleuthing, Andrew Motion evokes Wainewright's double life in a tour de force of the biographer's art. Cast in the form of a partly fictional "confession" written by the subject himself, buttressed (and sometimes contradicted) by the notes, background essays and other commentary setting out the known facts, it reveals the man as no straightforward history could do--his distinctive voice, his wit and charm, his callousness and unreliability, his pathos and, perhaps, his capacity formurder. As a distinguished biographer (of Philip Larkin and John Keats, among others), Andrew Motion has been notably successful in pinning down the often-elusive details of Wainewright's life. As a first-rate poet (he succeeded Ted Hughes as Britain's Poet Laureate), he shows himself equally skilled in the imaginative investigation of Wainewright's bizarre psyche. The result is a richly memorable exploration of the darker side of human nature, ofthe roots of crime, of the nature of biography itself. 2000, First American edition. A fine, unmarked copy in a near fine, unclipped d/w. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 5663769
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