ABSTRACT
Shelley, Posthumous Poems (1824); review by William Hazlitt, Edinburgh Review, XL (July 1824), 494–514. Hazlitt, like the editorial establishment of the Edinburgh Review, felt that Shelley was an embarrassment to the liberal cause, but Hazlitt, who had one memorable evening joined Shelley in arguing in favor of a republic as opposed to a constitutional monarchy, could not hide his admiration for Shelley’s gifts and spirit. The four poets, friends of the reviewer who visited Italy (p. 499), were Byron, Shelley, Keats, and Hunt.
