The Lives of Uneducated Poets, written by Robert Southey and published in 1831, unites several poets under the ‘uneducated’ banner, being the first to ident

"The Lives of Uneducated Poets, written by Robert Southey and published in 1831, unites several poets under the 'uneducated' banner, being the first to identify

Over 100 poets of labouring class origin were published in Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries. Some were hugely popular and important in their day but few a

Poets of labouring class origin were published in Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries. Some were popular and important in their day but few are available tod

Robert Southey's Essays Moral and Political, originally published in 1832, brings together many of Southey’s most influential journal pieces, providing import