Cobwebs of criticismA review of the first reviewers of the 'Lake', 'Satanic', and 'Cockney' schools . cusations against Shelleys private life—Thecharges made by the poets contemporaries exactlystated—The evidence sifted—Shelley a subjectivepoet only—The light his poetry casts upon hischaracter—His constitutional deficiency - - 191-231 The Quarrels of Cmiics.—Blackwood againstthe Edinburgh — The Examiner against theQuarterly—The Literary Gazette against all four—Blackwood on the dishonesty of the Edin-burgh and Quarterly—Blackwood on the Edin-burghs neglect of Keats and Shelley, and on itsown a
Cobwebs of criticismA review of the first reviewers of the 'Lake', 'Satanic', and 'Cockney' schools . cusations against Shelleys private life—Thecharges made by the poets contemporaries exactlystated—The evidence sifted—Shelley a subjectivepoet only—The light his poetry casts upon hischaracter—His constitutional deficiency - - 191-231 The Quarrels of Cmiics.—Blackwood againstthe Edinburgh — The Examiner against theQuarterly—The Literary Gazette against all four—Blackwood on the dishonesty of the Edin-burgh and Quarterly—Blackwood on the Edin-burghs neglect of Keats and Shelley, and on itsown appreciation of these poets—Blunders ofBlackwood—T\^& Hypocrisy Unveiled contro-versy—Hunts Feast of the Poets —His satireon Gifford, Ultra-Crepidarius—HazHtts quarrelswith Gifford—The Ediitburgh on the periodicalpress—The uses of criticism - - - 232-251 XIV Contents. Conclusion.—The poets on their critics—Kinds anduses of praise and censure—The Authors propertyin reputation—Principles in criticism—The aimand scope of Cobwebs of Criticism - - 252-266. INTRODUCTION. A JOINT creative and critical era is almost an un-exampled thing in the history of letters ; yeta time of twofold literary activity began in Englandin the first years of this century. Such a period ofcreative activity had not been known in England fortwo hundred years; and the critical activity of theperiod was hardly less ardent. In 1800, the Gentle-mans Magazine had been going nearly seventy years,the Monthly Revieiu fifty years, the European Maga-zine eighteen years, the Monthly Mirror and theMonthly Magazine four years. But these publica-tions were chiefly literary miscellanies, and it was notuntil the beginning of the nineteenth century that theperiodical press began first to assume the duty ofguiding public opinion in the formation of principlesof judgment in literature. The Edinburgh Reviewappeared first in 1802, and was followed by the xvi Introduction. Examiner in 1
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