ABSTRACT

This edition of Robert Southey's early poetry seeks to restore Southey the poet to his place at the centre of late 18th and early 19th century British literary culture. This collection of his poetical works critically reassesses Southey's epics and romances.

part |194 pages

Joan of Arc, an Epic Poem (Bristol, 1796)

chapter |5 pages

Preface

chapter |14 pages

Book the First

Argument

chapter |19 pages

Book the Second

Argument

chapter |14 pages

Book the Third

Argument

chapter |14 pages

Book the Fourth

Argument

chapter |14 pages

Book the Fifth

Argument

chapter |12 pages

Book the Sixth

Argument

chapter |17 pages

Book the Seventh

Argument

chapter |23 pages

Book the Eighth

Argument

chapter |24 pages

Book the Ninth

Argument

chapter |19 pages

Book the Tenth

Argument

part |286 pages

Joan of Arc (Bristol, 1798)

chapter |6 pages

Prefacea

chapter |28 pages

Analysis of la Pucelle, ou la France Delivree, by Chapelain

The Maid, or France Delivered

chapter |18 pages

The First Book

chapter |11 pages

The Seconda Book

chapter |19 pages

The Third Booka

chapter |17 pages

The Fourth Booka

chapter |15 pages

The Fifth Booka

chapter |16 pages

The Sixth Book

chapter |22 pages

The Seventh Booka

chapter |22 pages

The Eighth Booka

chapter |14 pages

The Ninth Booka

chapter |20 pages

The Tenth Book

chapter |72 pages

Southey’s Notes to Joan of Arc (1798)

part |16 pages

Manuscript Transcriptions