Robert Southey: Entire Man of Letters

by W.A. Speck

Book Overview

In his lifetime Robert Southey was very much the equal of his fellow "Lake poets," Coleridge and Wordsworth, but since his death his reputation has been overshadowed by their success. In this new biography W. A. Speck argues that if Southey's poetry is no longer considered as significant, his other writings were more salient and his political views far more influential than those of his fellow poets. He was, as Byron conceded, England's "only existing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300197675
• ISBN13: 9780300197679
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"