author
James Kennedy
d. 1859
A barrister, critic, and translator, this nineteenth-century writer moved easily between law, politics, and literature. His work opens a window onto Spanish poetry, language, and the art world of his time.
1 Audiobook
Modern Poets and Poetry of Spain
by James Kennedy, Juan Bautista Arriaza, Manuel Bretón de los Herreros, José de Espronceda, Leandro Fernández de Moratín, José María Heredia, Tomás de Iriarte, Gaspar de Jovellanos, Francisco Martínez de la Rosa, Juan Meléndez Valdés, Manuel José Quintana, duque de Angel de Saavedra Rivas, José Zorrilla
About the author
Born in 1798, he was a British barrister, writer, and art critic who also served as Member of Parliament for Tiverton in the 1830s. He founded Library of the Fine Arts in 1831, showing an early commitment to writing about painting, sculpture, architecture, and print culture.
His books reflect wide-ranging interests. Surviving records connect him with works on jury law, studies in language and ethnology, and translations or selections from Spanish poetry, including writing linked to José María Heredia and Modern Poets and Poetry of Spain.
Later references also describe him as a judge at the Mixed Court of Justice in Havana. He died in 1859, leaving behind a career that blended public life with curiosity about literature, language, and the arts.