The pseudonym "Elia" was used by - Charles Lamb. - Charles Lamb, English essayist and critic belongs to the Romantic Period, is best known for his Essays of Elia. - Lamb's greatest achievements were his remarkable letters and the essays that he wrote under the pseudonym Elia for London Magazine, which was founded in 1820. - In The Essays of Elia (1823) and The Last Essays of Elia (1833), Charles Lamb, an even more personal essayist, projects with apparent artlessness a carefully managed portrait of himself—charming, whimsical, witty, sentimental, and nostalgic.