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Poetry and Politics in the Cockney School: Keats, Shelley, Hunt and their Circle

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Poetry and Politics in the Cockney School: Keats, Shelley, Hunt and their Circle
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Jeffrey N. Cox
SeriesCambridge Studies in Romanticism
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:300
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreLiterary studies - c 1800 to c 1900
Literary studies - poetry and poets
ISBN/Barcode 9780521604239
ClassificationsDewey:821.709
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 11 Halftones, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 20 May 2004
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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 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.

Reviews

'... meticulously researched and beautifully written ... Poetry and Politics in the Cockney School integrates the culture of the late-Romantic writers clearly and concretely into the social and political history of the late Romantic period ... a wonderful book.' European Romantic Review