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Robert Southey ( 1774-08-12 – 1843-03-21 ) was an English poet of the Romantic school , one of the so-called Lake Poets , and Poet Laureate . Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 The Battle of Blenheim (1798) 1.2 The Devil's Walk (1799) 1.3 The Curse of Kehama...


Biography

Name: Robert Southey
Birth Date: August 12, 1774
Death Date: March 21, 1843
Place of Birth: Bristol, England
Place of Death: Keswick, England
Nationality: English
Gender: Male
Occupations: poet, author

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Biography of Robert Southey
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Robert Southey (Byron correctly, if scathingly, rhymed the name with "mouthey") presents a paradox. Arguably the most prolific, inventive, and diversified of the English Romantics, he was early regarded as the leader of the "Lake School" of radical...
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Biography of Robert Southey
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Robert Southey, today the least known of the Romantic "Lake Poets," was originally the most prominent. He was also among the most prolific figures of his generation. Having written five major epics and hundreds of shorter poems--ballads, historical...
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Biography of Robert Southey
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Unlike most of the English Romantics, who wrote predominantly either in verse or in prose, Robert Southey--like his friend and brother-in-law Samuel Taylor Coleridge and, to some extent, Walter Scott--was both poet and prose writer and one as fully as...
 


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Robert Southey Information
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Robert Southey (August 12, 1774 – March 21, 1843) was an English poet of the Romantic school, one of the so-called "Lake Poets", and Poet Laureate. Although his fame tends to be eclipsed by that of his contemporaries and friends William Wordsworth...


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The Independent - London
Obituary: Sir Robert Southey
10/19/1998: 1,112 words, approx. 4 pages
ROBERT SOUTHEY was a gentleman in the rough and tough world of Australian politics. As president of the Australian Liberal (Conservative) Party, he helped to unify the party after the disastrous leadership struggle that followed Gough Whitlam's sweep to power as Labor Prime Minister...
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Robert Southey: Entire Man of Letters
07/01/2006: 470 words, approx. 2 pages
Robert Southey Entire Man of Letters In his lifetime Robert Southey was very much the equal of his fellow 'Lake poets', Coleridge and Wordsworth. But since his death his reputation has been overshadowed by their success. In this new biography W.A. Speck...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Lionel Madden
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In the following essay, Madden discusses Southey's critical reputation from his own time through the twentieth century.
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Critical Essay by Diego Saglia
11,715 words, approx. 39 pages
In the following essay, Saglia compares the text of Southey's last epic poem Roderick, the Last of the Goths with actual historical events, and discusses how the poem reflects Southey's interest in cultural and national identity.
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Critical Essay by Ernest Bernhardt-Kabisch
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In the following essay, Bernhardt-Kabisch discusses Southey's prose writings, contending that these works are superior to Southey's poetry.
 


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