Sidetracks Explorations of a Romantic

With this collection of short and fascinating biographical pieces,the award-winning biographer of Coleridge and Shelley offers a fascinating glimpse into the mysterious art of biography. When researching, Richard Holmes has often become captivated by figures peripheral to his main subject, literary forays that he couldn't resist. These talesthe forbidden love of John Stuart Mill, the bizarre novel of Oscar Wilde's tragic grand-uncle, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's nightmarish yet cathartic final trip to Parisare part of what comprisesSidetracks, a marvelously original that includes letters and travelogues, radio plays, essays, and minature biographies. This book is a rare literary feast and an exploration of the creative processes of one of our most preeminent biographers. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Richard Holmes lives in England.

Prologue	p. ix
A Romantic Premonition	p. 1
Introduction	p. 3
Thomas Chatterton (1970)	p. 5
Lost in France	p. 51
Introduction	p. 53
Monsieur Nadar (1974)	p. 57
Gautier in London (1975)	p. 67
Poor Pierrot (1976)	p. 77
Inside the Tower (1977)	p. 89
Five Gothic Shadows	p. 133
Introduction	p. 135
The Singular Affair of the Reverend Mr Barham (1978)	p. 139
The Reverend Maturin and Mr Melmoth (1981)	p. 149
M. R. James and Others (1974)	p. 161
John Stuart Mill (1979)	p. 173
Lord Lisle and the Tudor Nixon Tapes (1982)	p. 183
A Philosophical Love Story	p. 195
Introduction	p. 197
The Feminist and the Philosopher: A Love Story (1987)	p. 199
Shelley's Ghost	p. 267
Introduction	p. 269
Scrope's Last Throw (1977)	p. 271
To the Tempest Given (1992)	p. 283
Escapes to Paris	p. 317
Introduction	p. 319
Scott and Zelda: One Last Trip (1980)	p. 321
A Summer with the Novelist (1994)	p. 333
Letters from Paris (1994)	p. 335
Voltaire's Grin (1995)	p. 345
Homage to the Godfather	p. 367
Introduction	p. 369
Boswell's Bicentenary (1991)	p. 371
Boswell Among the Tulips (1992)	p. 379
Dr Johnson's First Cat (1999)	p. 405
Acknowledgments	p. 411
Index	p. 413
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