Class, Patronage, and Poetry in Hanoverian England Stephen Duck, the Famous Threshing Poet |
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| Author:
| Batt, Jennifer |
| Series title: | Oxford English Monographs |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-885966-6 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2020 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $95.00 |
Book Description:
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This book explores the complex and contested relationships that existed between class, patronage, and poetry in Hanoverian England by examining the life and work of Stephen Duck, the 'famous threshing poet'. Duck's remarkable story reveals the tolerances, and intolerances, of the Hanoverian social order.
This book explores the complex and contested relationships that existed between class, patronage, and poetry in Hanoverian England by examining the life and work of Stephen Duck, the 'famous threshing poet'. Duck's remarkable story reveals the tolerances, and intolerances, of the Hanoverian social order.