Poetry and Politics in the Cockney School : Keats, Shelley, Hunt and their Circle Hardback
by Jeffrey N. (University of Colorado, Denver) Cox
Part of the Cambridge Studies in Romanticism series
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Jeffrey N. Cox refines our conception of 'second generation' Romanticism by placing it within the circle of writers around Leigh Hunt that came to be known as the 'Cockney School'.
Offering a theory of the group as a key site for cultural production, Cox challenges the traditional image of the Romantic poet as an isolated figure by recreating the social nature of the work of Shelley, Keats, Hunt, Hazlitt, Byron, and others, as they engaged in literary contests, wrote poems celebrating one another, and worked collaboratively on journals and other projects.
Cox also recovers the work of neglected writers such as John Hamilton Reynolds, Horace Smith, and Cornelius Webb as part of the rich social and cultural context of Hunt's circle.
This 1999 book not only demonstrates convincingly that a 'Cockney School' existed, but shows that it was committed to putting literature in the service of social, cultural, and political reform.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:300 pages, 11 Halftones, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:13/01/1999
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- ISBN:9780521631006
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:300 pages, 11 Halftones, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:13/01/1999
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- ISBN:9780521631006