Leigh Hunt: Life, Poetics, Politics (Routledge Studies in Romanticism) [Hardcover]

Nicholas Roe (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0415309840 | ISBN-13: 978-0415309844 | Publication Date: June 6, 2003 | Edition: annotated edition

Recent critical and scholarly interest in John Keats has encouraged a resurgence of interest in his friend and mentor, the poet and journalist Leigh Hunt. This timely collection of essays by leading British and North America romanticists explores Hunt's life, writings and cultural significance over the full length of his career, arguing for the recognition of Hunt's importance to British intellectual and literary culture in the Romantic period.

Editorial Reviews

Review

...a lively collection of specialised studies....
A misunderstood Romantic
–J.C.C. Mays, The Irish Times, 02/12/2005

About the Author

Nicholas Roe is Professor of English at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. His books include John Keats and the Culture of Dissent (1997) and, as editor, Keats and History (1995) and Samuel Taylor Coleridge and the Sciences of Life (2001).

Product Details

• Hardcover: 264 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; annotated edition edition (June 6, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415309840
• ISBN-13: 978-0415309844
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,469,048 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)