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In this 1999 book, Jeffrey N. Cox challenges the traditional image of the Romantic poet as an isolated figure by showing Shelley, Keats, Hunt, Hazlitt, Byron and others working together in the circle of writers around Leigh Hunt known as the 'Cockney School'.

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'… 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

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Preface; or, the visionary company, INC.; 1. The 'Cockney School' attacks: or the anti-romantic ideology; 2. The Hunt era; 3. John Keats, coterie poet; 4. Staging hope: genre, myth and ideology in the dramas of the Hunt circle; 5. Cockney classicism: history with footnotes; 6. Final reckonings: Keats and Shelley on the wealth of the imagination.

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 5/20/2004 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780521604239, 978-0521604239
      ISBN10: 0521604230
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      Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In this 1999 book, Jeffrey N. Cox challenges the traditional image of the Romantic poet as an isolated figure by showing Shelley, Keats, Hunt, Hazlitt, Byron and others working together in the circle of writers around Leigh Hunt known as the 'Cockney School'.

      Trade Review
      '… 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

      Table of Contents
      Preface; or, the visionary company, INC.; 1. The 'Cockney School' attacks: or the anti-romantic ideology; 2. The Hunt era; 3. John Keats, coterie poet; 4. Staging hope: genre, myth and ideology in the dramas of the Hunt circle; 5. Cockney classicism: history with footnotes; 6. Final reckonings: Keats and Shelley on the wealth of the imagination.

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