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Leigh Hunt (1784-1859) was a prolific, versatile and engaging writer. He outlived many of the poets and essayists of his generation whose reputations overshadowed his, but Coleridge, Wordsworth, Shelley and Keats all owed a debt to his advocacy, as did Tennyson and Browning. A poet of charm and technical skill, and an able translator and playwright, Leigh Hunt excelled as an essayist, literary... Read more
Contents, Bibliographical Introduction, Selected Bibliography, POETRY,PROSE, LETTERS, LEIGH HUNT AS SEEN BY CONTEMPORARIES, Notes
Biography
David Jesson-Dibley was the Head of English at Christ’s Hospital School before his retirement. He subsequently became a freelance lecturer in English literature, chiefly for the Extra-Mural Department of London University. He is a longstanding member of the Friends of S.T. Coleridge.
A misunderstood Romantic
"...a lively collection of specialised studies..." -- J.C.C. Mays, The Irish Times
