The Life of Nelson is one of Robert Southey’s most influential and bestselling works. This new edition will contain a comprehensive critical apparatus that will make sense of the major issues posed by the text and how it contributes to studies of both Southey and Romanticism. The edition will feature a critical and contextual introduction, which will set out the origins and composition of the text together with its publication history, as well as offer a carefully considered view of the interplay between the Life and other biographies of Nelson, bringing into view the wide array of sources and influences Southey drew from.
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
List of Figures
Editorial Introduction
Glossary of Nautical Terms
Southey’s Life of Nelson
Editorial Notes
Appendix A: Southey’s Review of Publications on Nelson, Quarterly Review, 3 (February 1810), 218-62
Appendix B: Reviews of Southey’s Life of Nelson
Biography
Tim Fulford is Professor of English at De Montford University, UK
