Autobiographical Elements of Essays of Elia -- Charles Lamb

The most arresting beauty of romantic literary productions is the trait of its being intensely autobiographical and subjective. Similarly, Essays of Elia unfold the emotional state history and idiosyncratic mind of Charles give birth in a semi-factual way. The real number delight for the Romantic comes from his infusion of fact and fiction as, otherwise, his essays would have constitute mere boring and passionless statements ab prohibited his personal and private life. Our charm and fascination do not grow less, for we are never as well close to the reality or surrounded by totally imaginary number dilate and accounts. Under the thin layer of mystified name and references, Lamb lays bare his entire existence. In fact, it is not possible for readers to trace out a true history of Charles Lamb through his essays. He mystifies the details of his personal life by giving us false names and false kinship. Even the pseudonym of Elia is sufficient to blur our judgment. With out superfluous help in form of footnotes and comments, we cannot safely connect details given in the essays with Lambs life. Sometimes, he may make a confessi...