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Hero and Leander (1819 poem)
''Hero and Leander'' is a poem by Leigh Hunt written and published in 1819. The result of three years of work, the poem tells the Greek myth of Hero and Leander, two lovers, and the story of their forlorn fate. Hunt began working on the poem during the summer of 1816, arousing the interest of the publisher John Taylor, and despite repeated delays to allow Hunt to deal with other commitments the poem was finished and published in a collection 1819. Dealing with themes of love and its attempt to conquer nature, the poem does not contain the political message that many of Hunt's works around that time do. The collection was well received by contemporary critics, who remarked on its sentiment and delicacy, while more modern writers such as Edmund Blunden have criticised the flow of its narrative.
==Background==
After the decline in circulation for his paper the ''Examiner'' following Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo, Hunt began to focus more on his poetry. During this time, he decided to write poems about the story of Hero and Leander along with the story of Bacchus and Ariadne. After starting on the poem about Hero and Leander during summer 1816, Hunt showed the lines to the publisher John Taylor who gave Hunt 20 guineas as a partial payment for a collection including the poem.〔Roe p. 265〕
A notice by Taylor and Hessey was sent to Hunt on 22 February 1817 asking about ''Hero and Leander''. Percy Bysshe Shelley responded for Hunt to gain more time for Hunt to complete the volume. In June, Hunt devoted his time to work on the second edition of ''The Story of the Remini'' while hoping to finish the collection during winter 1818. However, the projected date was pushed back by the end of 1818.〔Roe p. 314〕 By July 1819, the poem, along with ''Bacchus and Ariadne'', ''The Panther'' were finished and soon published.〔Roe pp. 293, 303, 316〕
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