ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Essays of Elia is a collection of essays written by Charles Lamb; it was first published in book form in 1823, with a second volume, Last Essays of Elia, issued in 1833 by the publisher Edward Moxon. The essays in the collection first began appearing in The London Magazine in 1820 and continued to 1825.

Detailed explanation-2: -Charles Lamb, (born Feb. 10, 1775, London, Eng.-died Dec. 27, 1834, Edmonton, Middlesex), English essayist and critic, best known for his Essays of Elia (1823–33).

Detailed explanation-3: -By 1820 he had developed what was to be his “Elia” prose style. He was the first intensely personal, truly Romantic essayist, never rivaled in popularity by his friends Leigh Hunt and William Hazlitt. Many of Lamb’s essays before those he signed Elia came out in Hunt’s publications.

Detailed explanation-4: -Essays of Elia is a collection of essays written by Charles Lamb; it was first published in book form in 1823, with a second volume, Last Essays of Elia, issued in 1833 by the publisher Edward Moxon. The essays in the collection first began appearing in The London Magazine in 1820 and continued to 1825.