Poetry and Politics in the Cockney School
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Poetry and Politics in the Cockney School by Jeffrey N Cox
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 1999 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.
'… 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
Jeffrey N. is a well-known author. Cox is a Vice Provost and Associate Vice Chancellor for Faculty Affairs at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he teaches English, Comparative Literature, and Humanities. He is the author of In the Shadows of Romance: Romantic Tragic Play in Germany, England, and France (1987) and Poetry and Politics in the Cockney School: Shelley, Keats, Hunt, and their Group (Cambridge, 1998).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521604239 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521604230 |
| Title | Poetry and Politics in the Cockney School |
| Author | Jeffrey N Cox |
| Series | Cambridge Studies In Romanticism |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2004-05-20 |
| Number of pages | 300 |
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