Retrospective Review

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The Retrospective Review was an English periodical published from 1820 to 1828. It was founded by Henry Southern, who edited it to 1826, as well as contributing. From 1827 to 1828 Nicholas Harris Nicolas was co-editor with Southern.[1]

It concentrated on

Early Modern English literature;[1] John Gross saw it as presaging later academic literary criticism.[2]
Contributors included:

The title was revived in the 1850s by the publisher John Russell Smith.[8]

Notes

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  3. ^ Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1885). "Beltz, George Frederick" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 4. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  4. ^ Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1888). "Crossley, James" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 13. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  5. ^ Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1889). "Ford, William (1771-1832)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 19. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  6. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1894). "Montagu, Basil" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 38. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  7. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1898). "Stevenson, William (1772-1829)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 54. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  8. ^ Dialogues, Poems, Songs, and Ballads. J.R. Smith. 1839. p. 37.