espoused liberal political and artistic sentiments, centred on the belief that the well-being of society and literature depended upon the successful organisation of co-operatives between individuals. In accordance with these principles,

emerged as a collaborative enterprise between Lord Byron, Leigh Hunt, and Percy Shelley. Shelley played an instrumental part in, firstly, enlisting Byron’s support and, secondly, persuading Hunt to become a partner in this publishing venture ‘in which all the contracting parties should publish all their original work, and share the profits’ (

, II, p. 909). Byron demonstrated his commitment to this collective periodical by breaking with John Murray, his well-appointed English publisher, and agreeing to the publication of

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Citation: Sandy, Mark. "The Liberal". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 25 August 2004 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=369, accessed 26 November 2024.]