Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-262) and index.
Introduction : a character in the antithetical manner -- The return from Germany -- The Morning Post and 'Introduction to the Tale of the Dark Ladie' -- Mothers, sons, and poets in the Morning Post -- Homeless at Grieta Hall -- The 1800 Lyrical Ballads, Mary Robinson, and 'The Mad Monk' -- Mary Robinson and the poet Coleridge -- 'Merely the emptying out of my desk' -- Conclusion : 'Dejection. An ode' in the Morning Post as a palimpsest