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Representing Leigh Hunt’s Autobiography
Book chapter
Is part of
Virtual victorians : networks, connections, technologies ; pp. 107-119.Publisher(s)
Palgrave MacmillanAuthor(s)
Affiliation
- Université de Montréal. Faculté des arts et des sciences. Département des littératures de langue française
- Université de Montréal. Faculté des arts et des sciences. Département de littératures et de langues du monde
- Université de Montréal. Chaire de recherche du Canada sur les écritures numériques
- Université de Montréal. Canada Research Chair on Digital Textualities
Abstract(s)
That study attempted to elaborate the problematic of [Leigh Hunt's] position within the London literary and political scene between the years 1805 and1828, the contributions he made to British literature and journalism, and his public standing at the end of the romantic period. Since Hunt's life is obviously too complex to be rendered fully in any single study, the idea was not to attempt an exhaustive history, but rather to present a starting point for further inquiry into Hunt's career as a writer and public figure under the reign of Queen Victoria. [...]