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John Forster (2 April 1812 – 2 February 1876) was a Victorian English biographer and literary critic. Life [ edit ] Forster was born at "a little yellow house" in Fenkle Street, Newcastle upon Tyne , second of four children of Unitarian cattle-dealer Robert Forster (died 1836) and Mary (c. 1780-1852), daughter of a Gallowgate dairy ...
John Forster was a writer and journalist, a notable figure in mid-19th-century literary London who, through his friendship with the influential editor Leigh Hunt, became adviser, agent, and proofreader to many leading writers of the day.
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John Forster as Biographer: A Case Study in Nineteenth-Century Biography John Forster (1812-1876) has traditionally been glimpsed almost exclusively via his relationships with key nineteenth-century figures such as Thomas Carlyle and Charles Dickens. His biographical works can be seen as a nexus between the often conflicting
Nov 28, 2000 · John Forster (1812-1876) was a noted biographer, critic, essayist and historian, probably best remembered for his biography of his close friend, the novelist Charles Dickens (1812- 1870). In the course of his life Forster collected a vast library, mainly, but not exclusively, of books and pamphlets.
John Forster (1812-1876) was an English biographer, a critic and a friend of Charles Dickens. He contributed to The True Sun, The Morning Chronicle and The Examiner, of which he was literary and dramatic critic.
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John Forster, 1812–76, English biographer and critic. He was influential as literary and dramatic critic of the London Examiner. His Lives of the Statesmen of the Commonwealth (5 vol., 1836–39) established his reputation as a biographer.
Oct 20, 2019 · Split View. Cite. Permissions. Share. Abstract. By comparing John Forster’s The Life of Charles Dickens (1872–1874) with subsequent amateur forms of biographical activity in the period 1872–1927, this essay aims to challenge lingering conceptualizations of the material properties of Victorian biography as smooth and standardized.
