Robert Southey - History, Politics, Religion

Zusatztext "Important . . . Robert Southey is more archive than interpretation. But the accumulating detail on the Catholic question also makes a qualitative difference! showing how Southey the poet laureate grew from Southey the poet." - Studies in Romanticism "The history! politics and religion of [Andrews'] title combine to produce a cogent narrative of Southey's engagement with contemporary debates about Catholic emancipation." - Romanticism "The history! politics! and religion of his title combine to produce a cogent narrative of Southey's engagement with contemporary debates about Catholic emancipation." - Carol Bolton! Senior Lecturer in English! Loughborough University! UK Informationen zum Autor STUART ANDREWS Librarian of the Wells & Mendip Museum, UK . Klappentext In  Robert Southey ! Andrews   argues that Robert Southey's denunciation of global Catholicism is essential to understanding his life! works! and times. On this issue! Southey was absolutely consistent in all his work and the Poet Laureate's partisan rhetoric reveals much about the religious culture of this stormy period in England. Zusammenfassung In  Robert Southey , Andrews   argues that Robert Southey's denunciation of global Catholicism is essential to understanding his life, works, and times. On this issue, Southey was absolutely consistent in all his work and the Poet Laureate's partisan rhetoric reveals much about the religious culture of this stormy period in England. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Shadow of 1798: Rebellion and Union Poet as Traveller: Lisbon, Madrid, Dublin Poet as Journalist: Weeklies, Monthlies, Quarterlies Jacobins and Jesuits: Wat Tyler and Other Ghosts End of Controversy? Monks, Friars, Methodists Laureate Historian: Southey and 'Smooth Butler' 'Rome's Brazen Serpent': Milner as Merlin Supporting Batteries: Southey Defended Eve of Emancipation: The Quarterly on Ireland After the Act: Southey and Anglican Englishness...

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The Shadow of 1798: Rebellion and Union Poet as Traveller: Lisbon, Madrid, Dublin Poet as Journalist: Weeklies, Monthlies, Quarterlies Jacobins and Jesuits: Wat Tyler and Other Ghosts End of Controversy? Monks, Friars, Methodists Laureate Historian: Southey and 'Smooth Butler' 'Rome's Brazen Serpent': Milner as Merlin Supporting Batteries: Southey Defended Eve of Emancipation: The Quarterly on Ireland After the Act: Southey and Anglican Englishness

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"Important . . . Robert Southey is more archive than interpretation. But the accumulating detail on the Catholic question also makes a qualitative difference, showing how Southey the poet laureate grew from Southey the poet." - Studies in Romanticism
"The history, politics and religion of [Andrews'] title combine to produce a cogent narrative of Southey's engagement with contemporary debates about Catholic emancipation." - Romanticism
"The history, politics, and religion of his title combine to produce a cogent narrative of Southey's engagement with contemporary debates about Catholic emancipation." - Carol Bolton, Senior Lecturer in English, Loughborough University, UK

Product details

• Authors: S Andrews, S. Andrews
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.10.2011
• EAN: 9781349296491
• ISBN: 978-1-349-29649-1
• No. of pages: 269
• Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters; Nineteenth-Century Major Lives; Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; B, History, Sociology of Religion, European History, History of Religion, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Religious issues & debates, History, Modern, Modern History, History of Britain and Ireland, Great Britain—History, Religion—History, Religion and sociology, European Literature, Literature, Modern—19th century, Nineteenth-Century Literature, British literature, British and Irish Literature, Palgrave Literature Collection, Religion and Society, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Anglican Church;England;religion