Robert Southey and his age: ageing, old age and the days of old

Throughout a four-decade career, the controversial poet, historian, biographer and essayist Robert Southey explored the trajectories both of his own individual life and of the time and the society in which he lived. Using a range of published and unpublished sources, including Southey’s vast corresp...

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Main Author: Pratt, Lynda
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Published: Edinburgh University Press 2018
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49418/
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description Throughout a four-decade career, the controversial poet, historian, biographer and essayist Robert Southey explored the trajectories both of his own individual life and of the time and the society in which he lived. Using a range of published and unpublished sources, including Southey’s vast correspondence, this essay will track this preoccupation for the first time and consider its implications for understanding both of Southey and of Romanticism.
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spelling nottingham-494182020-05-04T19:26:55Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49418/ Robert Southey and his age: ageing, old age and the days of old Pratt, Lynda Throughout a four-decade career, the controversial poet, historian, biographer and essayist Robert Southey explored the trajectories both of his own individual life and of the time and the society in which he lived. Using a range of published and unpublished sources, including Southey’s vast correspondence, this essay will track this preoccupation for the first time and consider its implications for understanding both of Southey and of Romanticism. Edinburgh University Press 2018-01-15 Article PeerReviewed Pratt, Lynda (2018) Robert Southey and his age: ageing, old age and the days of old. Romanticism . ISSN 1354-991X (In Press)
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title Robert Southey and his age: ageing, old age and the days of old
title_full Robert Southey and his age: ageing, old age and the days of old
title_fullStr Robert Southey and his age: ageing, old age and the days of old
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title_short Robert Southey and his age: ageing, old age and the days of old
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