How does Lamb present the autobiographical elements in the essay ‘Dream Children’?

‘Dream Children’ is a personal essay. Lamb presents the characters and incidents from his own life, for instance, the sketches of his grandmother Ms. Field, his brother John Lamb, his sister Mary Lamb and his tragic love affair with Ann Simmons. But Lamb is always playing with facts and fictions and transforms the real into the literary.

Even the two children Alice and John, depict the real life wish of Lamb having kids from Ann. Even the ‘great house in Norfolk’ reflects Lamb’s grandmother’s house where he used to spend his joyful vacations. Also, Bartram is the person whom Ann Simmons eventually got married to.