Literature and party politics at the accession of Queen Anne / Joseph Hone.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Hone, Joseph, 1989- author.

Series:

• Oxford English monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714.
• English literature--18th century--History and criticism.
• English literature.
• Politics and literature--Great Britain--History--18th century.
• Politics and literature.
• Great Britain.
• History.
• Inheritance and succession in literature.
• Politics in literature.

Physical Description:

vi, 209 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Summary:

This volume examines how literature was central to the debates about royal succession and political culture of the early 18th century. It reshapes our understanding of writers such as Daniel Defoe, Alexander Pope, and Joseph Addison, as well as our understanding of political, literary, and material cultures of the time.

Contents:

• 1 Succession 12
• 2 Coronation 48
• 3 Royal Progress 83
• 4 War 105
• 5 Elections and the Church of England 130.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-202) and index.

ISBN:

• 0198814070
• 9780198814078

OCLC:

990032006