Robert Southey and the Peninsular War

Packer, Ian; Pratt, Lynda

Abstract

This essay examines two aspects of Southey’s Romantic Iberianism that have often been overlooked—his writings on the peninsular conflict in the Edinburgh Annual Register and his unfinished series of inscriptions on the war. Both shed important light on Southey’s developing political ideas and on his sense of his public role. Moreover, they connect Southey the writer of prose (particularly contemporary history) with Southey the controversial Poet Laureate.

Citation

Packer, I., & Pratt, L. (2018). Robert Southey and the Peninsular War. In D. Saglia, & I. Haywood (Eds.), Spain in British Romanticism, 1800-1840. Palgrave Macmillan

• Acceptance Date: Oct 25, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Dec 28, 2017
• Publication Date: Jan 25, 2018
• Deposit Date: Jan 30, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 29, 2020
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Series Title: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters
• Book Title: Spain in British Romanticism, 1800-1840
• ISBN: 978-3-319-64455-4 ; eBook:978-3-319-64456-1
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/906630
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64456-1_3
• Additional Information: doi:10.1007/978-3-319-64456-1_3
• Contract Date: Jan 30, 2018