In Search of Robert Lovell: Poet and Pantisocrat

Jarvis, Robin

Abstract

© 2016 British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies. Robert Lovell (1771-1796) is known chiefly as one of the apostles of the ill-fated Pantisocratic emigration scheme conceived by Coleridge and Southey. This essay considers Lovell’s life and work in their own right. It establishes the biographical facts and builds a portrait of his character and personality.With reference to recent work on the importance of literary coteries, it re-evaluates Lovell’s role in Joseph Cottle’s circle and in the cultural life of eighteenth-century Bristol. It also undertakes a fresh assessment of Lovell’s own poetry, with a particular focus on his treatment of his home city in Bristol: A Satire (1794).

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 22, 2016
• Online Publication Date: May 31, 2016
• Publication Date: Mar 1, 2017
• Deposit Date: Apr 25, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: May 31, 2018
• Journal: Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies
• Print ISSN: 1754-0194
• Electronic ISSN: 1754-0208
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 40
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 111-126
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1754-0208.12407
• Keywords: Lovell, Coleridge, Southey Cottle, Pantisocracy, Bristol, romanticism
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/897753
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1754-0208.12407
• Additional Information: Additional Information : This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Jarvis, R. (2016) In search of Robert Lovell: Poet and Pantisocrat. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1754-0208.12407. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
• Contract Date: Apr 25, 2016