The Liberal Project

Welcome to The Liberal Project website, dedicated to the periodical The Liberal: Verse and Prose from the South (1822-23), a major document of Romantic-period literature and culture created by Leigh Hunt, Percy and Mary Shelley, Lord Byron and others. The site offers the first transcribed and annotated version of the periodical, complete with critical commentary. Here you can explore and discover its contents and contexts, as well as the many public engagement activities undertaken by our research teams.

Project: Reviving “The Liberal”: Literature and Politics between Britain and Italy, 1821-23 - PNRR-M4C2- I1.1- Avviso MUR n.104 del 02-02-2022 - PRIN 2022 - Settore SH5 - Codice Cineca 2022M3FK9C - Codice CUP D53D23015400006 - Finanziato dall’Unione Europea - NextGenerationEU