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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 entire man of letters.”
The book engages with Southey's voluminous publications, weaving discussion of them into the narrative of his life. Speck also explores Southey's entire correspondence, not only that which appeared in the editions edited by his descendants, and finds a man of considerably greater emotional complexity than previously assumed. The first fully rounded chronicle of Southey's life in sixty years, Speck's account sets Southey in historical context and restores him to the map of English literature.
The book engages with Southey's voluminous publications, weaving discussion of them into the narrative of his life. Speck also explores Southey's entire correspondence, not only that which appeared in the editions edited by his descendants, and finds a man of considerably greater emotional complexity than previously assumed. The first fully rounded chronicle of Southey's life in sixty years, Speck's account sets Southey in historical context and restores him to the map of English literature.
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W.A. Speck has been professor of history at the universities of Hull and Leeds. Among his books are Literature and Society in Eighteenth Century England.
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"The great strength of Speck's biography . . . is the detailed research that allows us not only to see the events of the poet's career, but also the development of the poet's mind. . . . The book is a valuable read for any Romanticist . . ." — Rocky Mountain Review (Rocky Mountain Review)
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