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September, and Mrs. Crabbe died at the end of October at the age of 63. Within days of his wife's death Crabbe fell seriously ill, and was in danger of dying. He rallied, however, and returned to the duties of his parish. In 1814, he became rector of
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details, both in description and characterization. Augustan critics had espoused the view that minute details should be avoided in favour of generality. Crabbe also broke with
Augustan tradition by not dealing with exalted and aristocratic characters, but rather choosing people from middle and working-class society. Poor characters like Crabbe's often anthologized "Peter Grimes" from
607:, writing about Crabbe to his friend, Neville White, in 1808, said "It was not long before his wife became deranged, and when all this was told me by one who knew him well, five years ago, he was still almost confined in his own house, anxiously waiting upon this wife in her long and hopeless malady. A sad history! It is no wonder that he gives so melancholy a picture of human life."
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559:, where Crabbe and his wife moved in 1785. A child had been born to them at Belvoir, dying only hours after birth. During the following four years at Stathern they had three other children; two sons, George and John, in 1785 and 1787, and a daughter in 1789, who died in infancy. Crabbe later told his children that his four years at Stathern were the happiest of his life.
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Aldeburgh with his sister and father, his mother having died in his absence. Crabbe was surprised to find that he was poorly treated by his fellow townsmen, who resented his rise in social class. With Burke's help, Crabbe was able to leave Aldeburgh the next year, to become chaplain to the
646:, read it nearly through while standing at the counter, and pronounced that a new and great poet had appeared. In October 1805, Crabbe returned with his wife and two sons to the parsonage at Muston. He had been absent for nearly 13 years, of which four had been spent at Parham, five at Great Glemham, and four at Rendham.
381:, was self-published in 1775. Crabbe later said of the poem, which received little or no attention at the time, "Pray let not this be seen ... there is very little of it that I'm not heartily ashamed of." By this time he had completed his medical training and had returned home to Aldeburgh. He had intended to go on to
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Johnson in which Eliot grouped Crabbe together favourably with Johnson, Pope and several other poets. Eliot said that "to have the virtues of good prose is the first and minimum requirement of good poetry." Critic Arthur Pollard believes that Crabbe definitely met
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Augustan literature, making the narrative form of Crabbe's mature works an innovation. This was due to some extent to the rise in popularity of the novel in the late 18th–early 19th century. Another innovation is the attention that Crabbe pays to
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November, and went direct to his son George, at Pucklechurch. He was able to preach twice for his son, who congratulated him on the power of his voice, and other encouraging signs of strength. "I will venture a good sum, sir," he said, "that you will be assisting me ten years hence." "Ten weeks"
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admired Crabbe's poetry, and called him "nature's sternest painter, yet the best". According to critic Frank Whitehead, "Crabbe, in his verse tales in particular, is an important—indeed, a major—poet whose work has been and still is seriously undervalued." His early poems, which were non-narrative
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asking for help, in which he included samples of his poetry. Burke was swayed by Crabbe's letter and a subsequent meeting with him, giving him money to relieve his immediate wants, and assuring him that he would do all in his power to further Crabbe's literary career. Among the samples that Crabbe
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succeed and Crabbe descend to the doldrums or to the coteries of admiring enthusiasts? And why have we in this century failed to get much nearer to him? Does this mean that each succeeding generation must struggle to find his characteristic and essential worth?
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more usual position—he sat down beside Crabbe, and the glass was crushed to atoms. His scream and gesture made his wife conclude that he had sat down on a pair of scissors, or the like: but very little harm had been done except the breaking of the glass.
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and her sister Agnes. In the autumn of 1831, Crabbe visited the Hoares. He left them in November, expressing his pain and sadness at leaving in a letter, feeling that it might be the last time he saw them. He left
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891:'s visit to Edinburgh, in the course of which the King met Scott and the poet was given a wine glass from which the King had drunk. Scott returned from the meeting with the King to find Crabbe at his home. As
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his surgical skills remained deficient, he attracted only the poorest patients, and his fees were small and undependable. This hurt his chances of an early marriage, but Sarah stayed devoted to him.
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was only one of many among those who would make 'cullings from' or 'readings in' Crabbe. The implications of such selection are clearly that, though much has vanished, much deserves to remain."
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number of works but was refused publication. He wrote several letters seeking patronage, but these were also refused. In June Crabbe witnessed instances of mob violence during the
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349:In 1768 Crabbe was apprenticed to an apothecary at
2453:The Making of Peter Grimes: Notes and Commentaries
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1356:Faulkner, Thomas C. "Crabbe, George (1754–1832)".
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622:in Suffolk, where he stayed until 1805. His poem
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847:SACRED to the memory of THE REV G. CRABBE L.L.B.
642:. Crabbe first saw it in a bookseller's shop in
16:English poet, surgeon, and clergyman (1754–1832)
794:, who introduced Crabbe to the noble family at
234:, who frequently visited Crabbe as his guests.
1934:A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 7
1242:, was based on Crabbe's tale "The Confidant".
864:In June 1819, Crabbe published his collection
2689:"Archival material relating to George Crabbe"
2422:"Rev. George Crabbe: Tales in Verse: Preface"
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774:in Wiltshire, a position given to him by the
2292:English Bards and Scotch Reviewers; line 840
1362:(online ed.). Oxford University Press.
1259:Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
626:was all but completed while at Rendham, and
520:, through the influence of Bishop Watson of
2152:The Cambridge History of English Literature
947:The Cambridge History of English Literature
423:had sent to Burke were pieces of his poems
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2622:George Crabbe. An English Life 1754–1832
1941:. University of London. pp. 125–171
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2553:George Crabbe: The Critical Heritage
2295:. Geneva: P. G. Ledouble. p. 55
2092:Hollinghurst, Alan (24 April 2004).
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675:Henry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland
226:, whom he visited in Edinburgh, and
2585:Bareham, Terence & Gatrell, S.
2113:Fenton, James (10 September 2005).
1949:– via British History Online.
1214:. Britten also set an extract from
770:, the parish church of the town of
258:(1810), and his poetry collections
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2617:(Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1972)
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2556:. Taylor & Francis e-Library.
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2610:(Bucknell University Pressm 1976)
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2535:. Susquehanna University Press.
2477:Hutchinson, Thomas, ed. (1908).
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757:Crabbe's next volume of poetry,
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2601:George Crabbe. A Critical Study
2587:A Bibliography of George Crabbe
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2550:Pollard, Arthur, ed. (2003).
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2532:George Crabbe: A Reappraisal
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2496:Crabbe, George Jr. (1901).
1024:this qualification. Critic
851:in the 78th year of his age
849:who died on 3 February 1832
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2273:Sir Walter Scott's Friends
2271:MacCunn, Florence (1910).
1176:New Poems by George Crabbe
944:institutions of society."
549:Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
518:Trinity College, Cambridge
342:. He spent three years at
2529:Whitehead, Frank (1995).
2450:Banks, Paul, ed. (2000).
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995:Other admirers included
897:Life of Sir Walter Scott
635:Lay of the Last Minstrel
526:Archbishop of Canterbury
2524:. London: Walter Scott.
2507:Ainger, Alfred (1903).
2375:"Famous Suffolk People"
1939:Victoria County History
1182:Complete Poetical Works
1064:L. to be recorded from
1026:William Caldwell Roscoe
710:The Heart of Midlothian
614:George Crabbe, c. 1820s
577:Allington, Lincolnshire
230:and some of his fellow
2662:Works by George Crabbe
2644:Works by George Crabbe
2613:Pollard, Arthur (ed.)
2596:(Terence Dalton, 1972)
2518:Kebble, T. E. (1888).
2513:. New York: Macmillan.
2094:"Claws out for Crabbe"
1873:The Lives of the Poets
1545:Mills, Howard (1967).
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309:Philosophical Magazine
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37:Portrait of Crabbe by
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2757:People from Aldeburgh
2737:English entomologists
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2677:George Crabbe's Grave
2592:Blackburne, Neville.
2589:(Dawson/Archon, 1978)
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2502:. London: J. Murray.
1239:Blackwood's Magazine
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1188:The Voluntary Insane
978:Henry Crabb Robinson
893:John Gibson Lockhart
792:William Lisle Bowles
415:John Gibson Lockhart
2742:English naturalists
2222:Wu, Duncan (1995).
2115:"Secrets and Lives"
1061:Calosoma sycophanta
956:Augustan literature
776:new Duke of Rutland
718:The Parish Register
701:The Annual Register
671:The Hall of Justice
663:The Parish Register
624:The Parish Register
324:William Shakespeare
279:Crabbe was born in
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2578:Bareham, Terence.
2261:, pp. 104–05.
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1986:, pp. 153–55.
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1790:, pp. 92–93.
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