631English LiteratureMedium
Who derided Hazlitt as one of the members of the ‘Cockney School of Poetry’?
ATennyson
BNone of These
CCharles Lamb
DLockhart
Correct answer
D. Lockhart
Explanation
John Gibson Lockhart, a Scottish writer and critic, was one of the contributors to Blackwood’s Magazine who derided William Hazlitt and other writers, including Leigh Hunt and John Keats, as members of the so-called “Cockney School of Poetry.” This term was used pejoratively to criticize their perceived lack of sophistication and their association with London’s middle-class literary circles.