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October 17, 2019 • 00:00 am 0 points
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Who viewed Wordsworth, Southey and Coleridge as representatives of a sect of poets

... dissenters from the established systems in poetry and criticism who constituted the most formidable conspiracy against sound judgement in matters political

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    Francis Jeffrey (1773-1850) was an acute and frank critic of new literature and his severe criticism, chiefly of the poet, William Wordsworth upset many readers. He founded the critical journal The Edinburgh Review a scottish magazine (1802-1929) and remained it long time editor. In a review of Robert southeys Thalaba, he wrote, They are dissenters from the established system in poetry and criticism ... a sect of dissenters from established systems who have liberated themselves from the bondage of ancient authority.
    The group included Wordsworth, Coleridge, Lamb, Southey.

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