Discuss the autobiographical
elements in Lamb’s essays with reference to any one of the essays prescribed in
your syllabus.
Both
in its matter and form an essay must be a clear and intimate expression of the
writer, his likes and dislikes as well all the traits of his identity and
individuality. That is the principle criteria of an essay and this is eminently
true in case of Montaigne, the father of the essay and Charles Lamb, one of the
greatest English essayists as well. The essays of Charles lamb are very
personal that the English literature ever produced. They give us a panoramic
view or idea of Lamb, the man and his character, his time and his world.
Charles Lamb was a product of the romantic age and hence, his essays bear the
stamp of subjectivity, Lamb himself claimed his essays to be nothing but a
heart to heart talk with his readers and admirers. That is why his essays are
constantly autobiographical having personal note in each and every line. The
personal ‘I’ is surely prominent everywhere which gave his Essays of Elia a special charm and attention of almost every pages
of almost all his essays.
Essays of Elia
like his poem are not merely a short analysis of subject or a mere epitome.
They have rather picturised the writer’s own mind. “No essayist is more egotistical than Lamb,” said Ainger, “but no egotist can be so artless and yet
so artful, so tearful and yet mirthful, so pedantic and yet so human.”
Lamb’s egotism is not his vanity, as a matter of fact; there is no sign of
vanity in his essays. He simply talked of what he knew best.
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