Poetry and the creation of a Whig literary culture, 1681-1714 / Abigail Williams.
Poetry and the creation of a Whig literary culture, 1681-1714 / Abigail Williams.
Poetry and the creation of a Whig literary culture, 1681-1714 / Abigail Williams.
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Date
2005.
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N821.50992/1
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English
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303 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents
Introduction : rereading Whig poetry -- 1. The tory critique of Whig literature -- 2. Moderation, fanaticism, and 'the people' 1681-1688 -- 3. Legitimacy and the warrior king 1688-1702 -- 4. Poetic warfare 1702-1714 -- 5. The sublime and the liberty of writing -- 6. Patronage and the public writer i...
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
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England
Date Published
2005.
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"Although the Whig parliamentary party secured a political hegemony in the first half of the eighteenth century, the poets that shared these politics are marginal figures. This original new study offers a fresh perspective on the literary culture of the period, arguing that many long-neglected Whig poets, frequently derided as hacks and dunces by p...
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Poetry and the creation of a Whig literary culture, 1681-1714 / Abigail Williams.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N821.50992/1
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74VKqWeNxRVA
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0199255202 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
9780199255207 (acid-free paper)
0199255202 (acid-free paper)
9780199255207 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
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821.509921342
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991020310639702626
