Leigh Hunt (1784–1859)
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Leigh Hunt was so prolific that, if his writing were ever collected, it would exceed 100 volumes of mostly unmemorable prose. He was so eccentric and socially visible that even Dickens's caricature of Hunt as the perennially cheerful Harold Skimpole in Bleak House is immediately recognizable. But mostra altro his philosophy of cheer, however eccentric among such doleful writers of his generation as Coleridge and Byron, appealed to middle-class public taste, which accounts for his immense following. Educated, like Coleridge and Lamb, at Christ's Hospital, Hunt became a journalist, helping his brother John edit the weekly Examiner. As a result of the paper's liberal policy, they were both fined and imprisoned for two years for writing a libelous description of the Prince Regent on his birthday. Hunt turned his prison cell into a salon and enjoyed visits from Jeremy Bentham, Byron, Keats, Lamb, and Hazlitt. After his release, Hunt settled in Hampstead, London, a political martyr and a model of domesticity. His writing includes The Feast of the Poets (1814), a satire of contemporary writers; The Story of Rimini (1816), a saccharine Italianate romance; and Hero and Leander (1819). Young poets such as Keats found the sensual surfaces easy to imitate. But mostly Hunt wrote essays and edited dozens of short-lived magazines and journals, providing an insight into the literary life of London during this period. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Leigh Hunt at an early age. Frontispiece of the book, Men, women and Books, by Leigh Hunt, published in 1847.
Opere di Leigh Hunt
Selected Essays 6 copie
Wit and Humour, Selected from the English poets; with an illustrative Essay, and Critical Comments (1882) 4 copie
The Companion 3 copie
The Italian poets translated into English prose. Containing a summary in prose of the poems of Dante, Pulci, Boiardo,… (1859) 3 copie
Beaumont & Fletcher 2 copie
Beaumont and Fletcher: 2 copie
Essays, edited by A. Symons 2 copie
Abou Ben Adhem 2 copie
Delphi Complete Poetical Works of Leigh Hunt (Illustrated) (Delphi Poets Series Book 63) (2016) 1 copia
Poems (Vol. II of Essays and Poems, selected and Edited By Reginald Brimley Johnson: With Bibliography, and Etchings By… (1891) 1 copia
Men, women, and books 1 copia
Poems Of The East 1 copia
Ultra-Crepidarius 1 copia
Jenny Kiss'd Me 1 copia
Leigh Hunt's London Journal 1 copia
Christmas Short Works Collection 2014 — Collaboratore — 1 copia
The descent of liberty a mask 1 copia
My Books 1 copia
Stories in verse 1 copia
Essays. The Indicator. The Seer. 1 copia
The Reflector 1 copia
Wishing Cap Papers 1 copia
Rimini : and other poems 1 copia
A Tale For A Chimney Corner 1 copia
Leigh Hunt's Poems 1 copia
Nessun titolo 1 copia
Pinhey's Point property 1 copia
Benjamin Gregory 1 copia
Opere correlate
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni — 917 copie
The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 4th Edition, Volume 2 (1979) — Collaboratore — 250 copie
The Graphic Canon, Vol. 2: From "Kubla Khan" to the Bronte Sisters to The Picture of Dorian Gray (2012) — Collaboratore — 185 copie
Great British Tales of Terror: Gothic Stories of Horror and Romance 1765-1840 (1972) — Collaboratore — 81 copie
Out of the Best Books: An Anthology of Literature, Vol. 1: The Individual and Human Values (1964) — Collaboratore — 40 copie
Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography [Norton Critical Edition, 2nd ed.] (2012) — Collaboratore — 37 copie
Out of the Best Books: An Anthology of Literature, Vol. 3: Intelligent Family Living (1967) — Collaboratore — 33 copie
Buzz Words: Poems About Insects (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series) (2021) — Collaboratore — 32 copie
Out of the Best Books: An Anthology of Literature, Vol. 5: Community Responsibility (1969) — Collaboratore — 30 copie
The dramatic works of Wycherley, Congreve, Vanbrugh, and Farquhar — A cura di, alcune edizioni — 8 copie
English short stories of the nineteenth century — Collaboratore — 1 copia
The King's Story Book — Collaboratore — 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Hunt, Leigh
- Nome legale
- Hunt, James Henry Leigh
- Data di nascita
- 1784-10-19
- Data di morte
- 1859-08-28
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Kensal Green Cemetery, London, England, UK
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Verenigd Koninkrijk
- Nazione (per mappa)
- England, UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Southgate, Middlesex, England, UK
- Luogo di morte
- Putney, London, England, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- Hampstead, London, England, UK
- Istruzione
- Christ's Hospital
- Attività lavorative
- essayist
critic
journalist
poet
editor - Relazioni
- Shelley, Percy Bysshe (vriend)
Keats, John (vriend)
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- Opere
- 93
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- 33
- Utenti
- 281
- Popolarità
- #82,782
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 2
- ISBN
- 52
- Lingue
- 1
- Preferito da
- 1
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