The Retrospective Review was an English periodical published from 1820 to 1828. It was founded by Henry Southern, who edited it to 1826, as well as contributing. From 1827 to 1828 Nicholas Harris Nicolas was co-editor with Southern.[1]

It concentrated on Early Modern English literature;[1] John Gross saw it as presaging later academic literary criticism.[2] Contributors included:

The title was revived in the 1850s by the publisher John Russell Smith.[8]

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Healey, R. M. "Southern, Henry". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/26051. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ Gross, John (1991). The Rise and Fall of the Man of Letters. Penguin Books. p. 26. ISBN 978-0140144130.
  3. ^ Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1885). "Beltz, George Frederick" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 4. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  4. ^ Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1888). "Crossley, James" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 13. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  5. ^ Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1889). "Ford, William (1771-1832)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 19. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  6. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1894). "Montagu, Basil" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 38. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  7. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1898). "Stevenson, William (1772-1829)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 54. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  8. ^ Dialogues, Poems, Songs, and Ballads. J.R. Smith. 1839. p. 37.