▁criticism ▁in ▁the ▁academic ▁world ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁that ▁Bar ba uld ▁finally ▁began ▁to ▁be ▁included ▁in ▁literary ▁history . ▁ ▁Bar ba uld ' s ▁remarkable ▁disapp earance ▁from ▁the ▁literary ▁landscape ▁took ▁place ▁for ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁reasons . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁was ▁the ▁dis d ain ▁he aped ▁upon ▁her ▁by ▁Samuel ▁Taylor ▁Col er idge ▁and ▁William ▁Word sw orth , ▁po ets ▁who ▁in ▁their ▁youth ful , ▁radical ▁days ▁had ▁looked ▁to ▁her ▁poetry ▁for ▁insp iration , ▁but ▁in ▁their ▁later , ▁conserv ative ▁years ▁dismiss ed ▁her ▁work . ▁Once ▁these ▁po ets ▁had ▁become ▁canon ised , ▁their ▁opinions ▁held ▁s way . ▁Moreover , ▁the ▁intellectual ▁fer ment ▁of ▁which ▁Bar ba uld ▁was ▁an ▁important ▁part ▁of ▁– ▁particularly ▁at ▁the ▁D issent ing ▁academ ies ▁– ▁had ▁by ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁come ▁to ▁be ▁associated ▁with ▁the ▁" ph il ist ine " ▁middle ▁class , ▁as ▁Matthew ▁Arnold ▁put ▁it . ▁The ▁reform ist ▁ 1 8 th - century ▁middle ▁class ▁was ▁later ▁held ▁responsible ▁for ▁the ▁excess es ▁and ▁ab uses ▁of ▁the ▁industrial ▁age . ▁Finally , ▁the ▁Vict ori ans ▁viewed ▁Bar ba uld ▁as ▁" an ▁icon ▁of ▁sentiment al ▁saint lin ess " ▁and ▁" er ased ▁her ▁political ▁courage , ▁her ▁t ough ▁mind ed ness , ▁[ and ] ▁her ▁talent