298 Pages
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Routledge
“ He sang the Song of the Shirt .” This inscription on Thomas Hood’s tombstone commemorates the humanitarian utterance by which this gifted poet, wit, and journalist is best remembered, apart from his agile puns. However, Thomas Hood (first published in 1963) shows the diversity of Hood’s talents and the influence he exercised in many directions on the writing of his century. The courage and... Read more
Introduction 1. Childhood and youth 2. Friends of ‘London Magazine’ days 3. Marriage and literary beginnings 4. The comic and the serious 5. The world of journalism 6. Life at lake house 7. In exile—Germany 8. In exile—Belgium 9. ‘Miss Kilmansegg’ and others 10. The poetry of conscience 11. The rose above the mould 12. The man and the poet
Biography
J.C. Reid
