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Class, patronage, and poetry in Hanoverian England : Stephen Duck, the famous threshing poet / Jennifer Batt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Batt, Jennifer, 1981- author.
- Series:
- Oxford English monographs.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford English monographs
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Authors and patrons--England--History--18th century.
- Authors and patrons.
- English poetry--18th century--History and criticism.
- English poetry.
- England--Social conditions--18th century.
- England.
- Duck, Stephen, 1705-1756.
- Duck, Stephen.
- Duck, Stephen, 1705-1756--Friends and associates.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (240 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- This text 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 17, 2020).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-189202-5
- 0-19-260344-2
- 0-19-260345-0
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