General Introduction
About this Edition
Editorial Methodology
The Collected Letters of Robert Southey is divided into eight Parts: I: 1791-1797, II:1798-1803, III:1804-09, IV:1810-15,
V:1816-21, VI:1822-27, VII:1828-33, VIII:1833-39.
The General Introduction outlines the project’s research context. In addition, each
individual Part has a brief introductory essay.
Appendix 1
Appendix 1
This appendix deals with two letters by Southey where the surviving manuscript is less complete than the version published by previous editors. In both cases, a transcript of the manuscript is in the main text of this edition.
Appendix 2
Southey’s Challenge to Brougham
General Introduction
General Introduction
Untitled
Image Item
Description
This rendering of Earth seems to depict each visible continent as the same "shade" of skin stereotypically used to describe its inhabitants. Consequently, this illustration serves as an example of the attempt to inculcate children with both a knowledge of the world and the proper perspective with which to view that world.
Untitled
Image Item
Description
This illustration consists of three images: the top and bottom images ("1" and "3") depict the natural life of bees, while the middle image portrays the dissemination of knowledge concerning the life of the hive.
Henry Kirke White as a Boy
Image Item
Description
This book illustration depicts Henry Kirke White, one of the text's discussed literary celebrities, as a fragile-looking child; consequently, the image alludes to White's early death and the tragically brief duration of his brilliant and promising career.
The Hindoo Woman and her Babe
Image Item
Description
In this image, a Hindu woman abandons her baby in a basket hung from a tree. The illustration serves as a counterexample to the moral lesson of the accompanying text, while also serving as an example of the absence of "Christian" virtue in "pagan" cultures.