Abstract
The paper focuses on John Gibson Lockhart (1794-1854) and especially on his infamous conflict with the Leigh Hunt's circle. Lockhart's literary career started with the "Maga" and it didn't go as planned, as early as in 1818 Lockhart published a critical review of John Keats's poetry and - since Keats's death in 1821 - he is remembered as a critic who "killed" Keats.
The paper analyses the On the Cockney School of Poetry series, it discusses many aspects of this controversy, which are often neglected: its true authorship, its initial purpose and aims, not to mention its tragic consequences for both parties (Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine and Leigh Hunt's circle). The paper also suggests that it was indeed Lockhart (de facto an editor of Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine), who - through his criticism - helped make Keats famous.