A Quest for Home: Reading Robert SoutheyLiverpool University Press, 1997 M01 1 - 372 pages This study re-places the prolific and controversial writer Robert Southey (1774–1843) within the literary context of the 1790s and beyond, a context in which he played so central a role. |
Contents
The First Edition | 85 |
Chapter Four Poems 1797 From Mediocrity | 123 |
Chapter Six Hymn to the Penates | 161 |
Chapter Eight The Westbury Experience | 245 |
Southeys Reputation | 307 |
Epilogue | 333 |
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