Robert Southey (1774-1843)

A selective list of online literary criticism for nineteenth-century British poet Robert Southey, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars, articles published in reviewed sources, and web sites that adhere to the MLA Guidelines for Authors of Web Sites


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Literary Criticism

Addison, Catherine. "The Maiden on the Battlefield: War and Estrangement in Southey's Joan Of Arc." In Southey's poem, Joan of Arc is is pitted not just against the misguided English enemy but against war itself. Romanticism on the Net, special issue on Robert Southey, 32-33 (November 2003-February 2004)

Bainbridge, Simon. "'Was it for this [. . .]?': The Poetic Histories of Southey and Wordsworth." Romanticism on the Net, special issue on Robert Southey, 32-33 (November 2003-February 2004)

Bolton, Carol. "Thalaba the Destroyer: Southey's Nationalist 'Romance.'" Romanticism on the Net, special issue on Robert Southey, 32-33 (November 2003-February 2004)

Chandler, David. "Southey's 'German Sublimity' and Coleridge's 'Dutch Attempt.'" Article explores the differences between Robert Southey and Coleridge revealed in Southey's criticism of 'The Ancient Mariner' as 'a Dutch attempt at German sublimity.' Romanticism on the Net, special issue on Robert Southey, 32-33 (November 2003-February 2004)

Fulford, Tim. "Poetic Hells and Pacific Edens." Article looks again at the public dispute between Southey and Byron over the two poets' Visions of Judgment. Romanticism on the Net, special issue on Robert Southey, 32-33 (November 2003-February 2004)

Haywood, Ian. "'The Renovating Fury': Southey, Republicanism and Sensationalism." An essay "takes a fresh look at Southey's radical poetry of the 1790s in order to assess Southey's mobilization of the tropes of political violence and atrocity." Romanticism on the Net, special issue on Robert Southey, 32-33 (November 2003-February 2004)

Pratt, Lynda. "Robert Southey, Writing and Romanticism." Introduction to Romanticism on the Net, special issue on Robert Southey, 32-33 (November 2003-February 2004)

Pratt, Lynda. A substantial introduction to Robert Southey, from the Literary Encyclopedia

Pratt, Lynda. A review of Robert Southey. Poetical Works 1793-1810. General Editor Lynda Pratt. (5 vols. London: Pickering and Chatto, 2004). Reviewed by Peter J. Kitson. Romanticism on the Net, 36-37 (November 2004-February 2005)

Smith, Christopher. "Robert Southey and the Emergence of Lyrical Ballads." Article on Southey’s borrowings, by Christopher Smith, in Romanticism On the Net 9 (1998).

Tucker, Herbert F. "Southey the Epic-Headed." On Southey's dedication to writing epic poetry. Romanticism on the Net, special issue on Robert Southey, 32-33 (November 2003-February 2004)

Wohlgemut, Esther. "Southey, Macaulay and the Idea of a Picturesque History." Essay explores how Southey combined history with travel writing and dream vision to create a different kind of spectacular history. Romanticism on the Net, special issue on Robert Southey, 32-33 (November 2003-February 2004)


Bibliography, Texts, Web sites

Romanticism on the Net. An international, peer-reviewed electronic journal devoted to British Romantic studies, edited by Michael Eberle-Sinatra. An impressive scholarly enterprise devoted to English literature of the Romantic period, the journal has been making essays freely available since 1996

Romantic Circles. "A refereed scholarly website devoted to the study of Romantic-period literature and culture," is an innovative publication on topics in Romanticism. Edited by Neil Fraistat, Steven E. Jones and Carl Stahmer

"A Romantic Natural History." On relationships between literary works and natural history in the century before Darwin, with articles on the Romantics. By Professor Ashton Nichols


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