The vision, a poem on the death of queen Caroline
Author: Stephen Duck
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Published: 1737
Total Pages: 7
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Author: Stephen Duck
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Published: 1737
Total Pages: 7
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Stephen Duck
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Published: 1737
Total Pages: 7
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Published: 1737
Total Pages: 10
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jennifer Batt
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2020-06-19
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 0192603450
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1730 Stephen Duck became the most famous agricultural labourer in the Hanoverian England when his writing won him the patronage of Queen Caroline. Duck and his writing intrigued his contemporaries. How was it possible for an agricultural labourer to become a poet? What would a thresher write? Did he really deserve royal patronage, and what would he do with such an honour? How should he be supported? And was he an isolated prodigy, or were there others like him, equally deserving of support? Duck's remarkable story reveals the tolerances, and intolerances, of the Hanoverian social order. Class, Patronage, and Poetry in Hanoverian England: Stephen Duck, The Famous Threshing Poet explores these complex and contested relationships through Duck's life and work. It sheds new light on the poet's early life, revealing how the farm labourer developed an interest in poetry; how he wrote his most famous poem, 'The Thresher's Labour'; how his public identity as the 'famous Threshing Poet' took shape; and how he came to be positioned as a figurehead of labouring-class writing. It explores how the patronage Duck received shaped his writing; how he came to reconceive his relationship with land, labour, and leisure; and how he made use of his newly acquired classical learning to develop new friendships and career opportunities. Finally, it reveals how, after Duck's death, rumours about his suicide came to overshadow the achievements of his life. Both in life, and in death, this book argues, Duck provided both opportunity and provocation for thinking through the complex interplay of class, patronage, and poetry in Hanoverian England.
Author: Tone Sundt Urstad
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9780874136906
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"During Sir Robert Walpole's term as "Prime Minister" exorbitant amounts of money were spent on propaganda in support of his administration. Since nearly all the major writers of the period adopted an anti-government stance, however, historians have shown far more interest in the organization and contents of opposition propaganda than in its pro-government counterpart. This book is the first comprehensive study of the literature published in support of Walpole's administration, and explores important pro-government themes, and also explains how the propaganda network was organized and what precisely the Old Corps Whig leadership hoped to achieve."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Published: 1885
Total Pages: 1058
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Published: 1926
Total Pages: 250
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Thorpe, Thomas, firm, booksellers, London
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Published: 1843
Total Pages: 1468
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Published: 1924
Total Pages: 1184
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