The Wit in The Dungeon The Remarkable Life of Leigh Hunt Poet, Revolutionary, Last of the Romantics by Anthony Holden history book gifts
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This is a near fine (almost like new) hardcover with dust jacket. 2005 Little Brown Publishing. This copy is still crisp and clean inside and out. The inside pages are crisp and clean. The binding is tight and straight. Brown hardcover boards under jacket are also near fine with barely a hint of shelf wear. The accompanying dust jacket is near fine with light shelf wear edges/corners. Medium octavo book size or 6.5" x 9.5" with 430 pages including index.
The Wit in The Dungeon The Remarkable Life of Leigh Hunt Poet, Revolutionary, and Last of the Romantics by Anthony Holden is a vivid biography that brings into focus a man who was famous as poet, playwright, literary and political essayist, editor and critic. For half a century he orchestrated the literary life on London. He was jailed when he was mid-20 for insulting the Prince of Wales. He transformed his jail cell into a literary salon, hosting sympathizers such as Lord Byron who was the one who dubbed him "the wit in the dungeon". He was a major player in the Romantic movement and close friend of Byron, Wordsworth, Hazlitt, Lamb, Keats and more. He was so close to Percy Shelley that he fought with Mary Shelley over possession of the young poet's heart after his tragic drowning. Hunt eventually settled for his friends jaw bone. This is a compelling and remarkable story and biography.
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