Книга: Leigh Hunt «The Town its Memorable Characters and Events»
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Leigh Hunt
James Henry Leigh Hunt (
Biography
Early life
He was born at
Education
Leigh Hunt was educated at
Newspapers
The "Examiner"
In 1808 he left the
The "Reflector"
In 1810-1811 he edited a quarterly magazine, the "Reflector", for his brother John. He wrote "The Feast of the Poets" for this, a
Poetry
In 1816 he made a mark in English literature with the publication of "Story of Rimini". Hunt's preference was decidedly for Chaucer's verse style, as adapted to the
In 1818 appeared a collection of poems entitled "Foliage", followed in 1819 by "Hero and Leander", and "Bacchies and Ariadne". In the same year he reprinted these two works with "The Story of Rimini" and "The Descent of Liberty" with the title of "Poetical Works", and started the "Indicator", in which some of his best work appeared. Both Keats and Shelley belonged to the circle gathered around him at Hampstead, which also included William Hazlitt,
Relationship with Keats and Shelley
He had for some years been married to
After Shelley's departure for Italy in 1818, Leigh Hunt became even poorer, and the prospects of political reform less satisfactory. Both his health and his wife's failed, and he was obliged to discontinue the "Indicator" (1819-1821), having, he says, "almost died over the last numbers." Shelley suggested that Hunt go to Italy with him and Byron to establish a quarterly magazine in which Liberal opinions could be advocated with more freedom than was possible at home. An injudicious suggestion, it would have done little for Hunt or the Liberal cause at the best, and depended entirely upon the co-operation of the capricious, parsimonious Byron. Byron's principal motive for agreeing appears to have been the expectation of acquiring influence over the "Examiner", and he was mortified to discover that Hunt was no longer interested in the "Examiner". Leigh Hunt left England for Italy in November 1821, but storm, sickness and misadventure retarded his arrival until
The tragic death of Shelley, a few weeks later, destroyed every prospect of success for the "Liberal". Hunt was now virtually dependent upon Byron, who did not relish the idea of being patron to Hunt's large and troublesome family. Byron's friends also scorned Hunt. The "Liberal" lived through four quarterly numbers, containing contributions no less memorable than Byron's "Vision of Judgment" and Shelley's translations from "
In 1825 a litigation with his brother brought him back to England, and in 1828 he published "Lord Byron and some of his Contemporaries", a corrective to idealized portraits of Byron. The public was shocked that Hunt, who had been obliged to Byron for so much, would "bite the hand that fed him" in this way. Hunt especially writhed under the withering satire of Moore. For many years afterwards, the history of Hunt's life is a painful struggle with poverty and sickness. He worked unremittingly, but one effort failed after another. Two journalistic ventures, the "
In 1832 a collected edition of his poems was published by subscription, the list of subscribers including many of his opponents. In the same year was printed for private circulation "Christianism", the work afterwards published (1853) as "The Religion of the Heart". A copy sent to
More Financial Difficulties
The time of Hunt's greatest difficulties was between 1834 and 1840. He was at times in absolute poverty, and his distress was aggravated by domestic complications. By Macaulay's recommendation he began to write for the "
Poetry
Leigh Hunt's poetry expresses an absolute sincerity: the whole man seems to be recalled in everything he wrote. Hence, the most beautiful productions of his pen seem somehow tainted by his petty weaknesses, affectations and egotisms. His lack of skill with money, and his sense of responsibility that obliged him to accept tasks he would have delighted to confer, involved him in painful embarrassments. This notoriety often overshadows the honour due to him for his fortitude during severe calamities, his unremitting literary industry under the most discouraging circumstances, and for his uncompromising independence as a journalist and an author. It was his misfortune to be involved in politics, for he was as thorough a man of letters as ever existed. HIs chief virtues are his bravery, equitableness and piety. When it was suggested that Leigh Hunt was the original of Harold Skimpole in "
In some respects, Hunt's literary position is unique, reliant more on exquisite taste than high creative power. Furthermore, despite being richly endowed with taste, Hunt was incapable of discovering where familiarity became flippancy. But his poetry possesses a brightness, animation, artistic symmetry and metrical harmony, which lift the author out of the rank of minor poets, particularly when his influence on his contemporaries is taken into account. He excelled especially in narrative poetry, of which, upon a small scale, there are probably no better examples than "Abou ben Adhem" and "Solomon's Ring." He possessed every qualification for a translator; and as an appreciative critic, whether literary or dramatic, he has hardly been equalled.
Other Works
*"Amyntas, A Tale of the Woods" (1820), a translation of Tasso's "
*"The Seer, or Common-Places refreshed" (2 pts., 1840-1841)
*three of the "
*"Stories from the Italian Poets" (1846)
*compilations such as "One Hundred Romances of Real Life" (1843)
*selections from Beaumont and Fletcher (1855)
*with S Adams Lee, "The Book of the Sonnet" (Boston, 1867).
His "Poetical Works" (2 vols.), revised by himself and edited by Lee, were printed at Boston in 1857, and an edition (London and New York) by his son, Thornton Hunt, appeared in 1860. Among volumes of selections are: "Essays" (1887), ed. A Symons; "Leigh Hunt as Poet and Essayist" (1889), ed. C Kent; "Essays and Poems" (1891), ed. RB Johnson for the "Temple Library."
His "Autobiography" was revised shortly before his death, and edited (1859) by his son
References
*"The Wit in the Dungeon: The Life of Leigh Hunt", by Anthony Holden. Little Brown & Co., 2005. ISBN 0-316-85927-3
*Anthony Holden, "The Wit in the Dungeon: The Remarkable Life of Leigh Hunt: Poet, Revolutionary, and Last of the Romantics." New York: Little, Brown, 2005.
*Timothy J. Lulofs and Hans Ostrom, "Leigh Hunt: A Reference Guide." Boston: G.K. Hall, 1985.
*1911
Notes
External links
*gutenberg author| id=Leigh+Hunt | name=James Henry Leigh Hunt
* [http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/leighhunt/index.html Leigh Hunt Online: The Letters]
* [http://essays.quotidiana.org/hunt/ Essays by Leigh Hunt at Quotidiana.org]
* [http://librivox.org LibriVox] - Free Audio Recording of * [http://librivox.org/short-poetry-collection-001/ Abou Ben Adhem] .
* [http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/rpo/display/poet174.html Selection of poems by Leigh Hunt]
* [http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/Bai/gates.htm "Leigh Hunt and Anna Maria Dashwood: A Shelleyan Romance"] by Eleanor M. Gates
* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/incomingFeeds/article746556.ece "An imprisoned wit"] article on the life and writings of Leigh Hunt in "The Times Literary Supplement" by Kelly Grovier
* [http://library.beau.org/gutenberg/etext04/8mshl10.txt "Mrs. Shelley"] by Lucy M. Rossetti (1890)
* [http://www.johnkeats.org The Romantic Movement] .
* [http://www.iammelba.com/static/store.htm Ann Blainey, "Immortal Boy: A Portrait of Leigh Hunt". New York: St. Martins, 1985.]
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