Leigh Hunt was a central figure of the Romantic movement in England, but he was not, as he wished to be and knew he was not, one of its great poets. However, he produced, during the first sixty years ...
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Leigh Hunt was known primarily in his own time as a poet, but today he is recognized more for his contributions in prose. He wrote critical articles on plays, operas, and literature; reviews of books;...
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Leigh Hunt's Lord Byron and Some of His Contemporaries (1828) is the only biography he produced in a literary career extraordinary for its length and breadth. He outlived most of his Romantic colleagu...
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(James) (Henry) Leigh Hunt
