Leigh Hunt by Nicholas Roe - 9780415309844

Taylor & Francis

Leigh HuntLife, Poetics, Politics\nAuthor(s): Nicholas Roe\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415309844, 978-0415309844\nSynopsis\nRecent 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.