Pictures Of Life - Softcover

Elijah Ridings

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0461969963 ISBN 13: 9780461969962

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

Pictures Of Life by Elijah Ridings. A 19th-century Lancashire poetry collection that combines lyric odes, sonnets, and didactic pieces on morality, temperance, and religion. Prefaced by a note on its publication history, the volume features biographical sketches of the author, and a long sequence of poems celebrating nature, memory, love, Shakspere, and the moral improvement of society. The contents range from personal meditations, e.g., Childhood, Youth and Manhood; The Song of Peace; The Prisoner’s Dream; to pedantic translations and commemorations such as Epitaphs and Temperance and Education. The work reflects Ridings’ background as a silk-weaver and Lancashire reformer; it also documents his engagement with mechanics’ institutions, local clubs, and public petitions during the early 19th century. Through intimate, accessible language and moral earnestness, the collection seeks to elevate character, intellect, and temperance, while preserving regional dialect and classical influences.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0461969963
• ISBN 13: 9780461969962
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 204