Fiery heart : the first life of Leigh Hunt / Nicholas Roe
- Bib ID:
- 10015908
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Roe, Nicholas, author
- Description:
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- London : Pimlico, 2005
- ©2005
- xvi, 428 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
- ISBN:
- 9780712602242 (paperback)
- Series:
- Collection of Jamie and Michael Kassler.
- Summary:
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"Leigh Hunt is the forgotten giant of English Romanticism. The man Virginia Woof called the 'spiritual grandfather' of the modern world was descended from black Caribbeans and grew up a child of the American and French Revolutions....Fiery Heart: The First Life of Leigh Hunt overturns existing accounts and presents a sparkling new portrait of Leigh Hunt and the English Romantics." --Back cover.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [367]-401) and index.
- Subject:
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- Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859
- Poets, English -- 19th century -- Biography
- Authors, English -- 19th century -- Biography
- Critics -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Romanticism -- Great Britain
- Liberalism -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Political prisoners -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Journalists -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2005
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