Robert Southey and the Peninsular War

This essay examines two aspects of Southey’s Romantic Iberianism that have often been overlooked—his writings on the peninsular conflict in the Edinburgh Annual Register and his unfinished series of inscriptions on the war. Both shed important light on Southey’s developing political ideas and on his...

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Main Authors: Packer, Ian, Pratt, Lynda
Other Authors: Saglia, Diego
Format: Book Section
Published: Palgrave Macmillan 2018
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49419/
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description This essay examines two aspects of Southey’s Romantic Iberianism that have often been overlooked—his writings on the peninsular conflict in the Edinburgh Annual Register and his unfinished series of inscriptions on the war. Both shed important light on Southey’s developing political ideas and on his sense of his public role. Moreover, they connect Southey the writer of prose (particularly contemporary history) with Southey the controversial Poet Laureate.
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spelling nottingham-494192020-05-04T19:28:00Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49419/ Robert Southey and the Peninsular War Packer, Ian Pratt, Lynda This essay examines two aspects of Southey’s Romantic Iberianism that have often been overlooked—his writings on the peninsular conflict in the Edinburgh Annual Register and his unfinished series of inscriptions on the war. Both shed important light on Southey’s developing political ideas and on his sense of his public role. Moreover, they connect Southey the writer of prose (particularly contemporary history) with Southey the controversial Poet Laureate. Palgrave Macmillan Saglia, Diego Haywood, Ian 2018-01-25 Book Section PeerReviewed Packer, Ian and Pratt, Lynda (2018) Robert Southey and the Peninsular War. In: Spain in British Romanticism, 1800-1840. Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, pp. 37-54. ISBN 978-3-319-64455-4 ; eBook:978-3-319-64456-1 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64456-1_3
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