Title The patriot opposition to Walpole : politics, poetry, and national myth, 1725-1742 / Christine Gerrard

Published Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 273 pages) : illustrations Contents Patriots and patriotism -- Whigs in opposition -- Cultural patriotism: Frederick and the arts -- Pope, politics, and genre -- Patriot Gothic -- Political Elizabethanism and the Spenser revival -- Mythologizing the monarch: ideas of a patriot king -- Jacobites and patriots: Johnson and Savage Summary What did it mean to be a 'Patriot' during the Walpole administration? This is a study of the so-called 'Patriot' opposition to Walpole, and explores the interrelationship between patriotism, politics, and poetry between 1725 and 1742 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-260) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 -- Relations with poets Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 -- In literature SUBJECT Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745. fast (OCoLC)fst00008077 Subject English poetry -- 18th century -- History and criticism Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Poets, English -- 18th century -- Political and social views Political poetry, English -- History and criticism Opposition (Political science) in literature. Prime ministers in literature Myth in literature. Relations with poets. Politics and literature. Poets, English -- Political and social views. Literature. Civilization. English poetry. Myth in literature. Opposition (Political science) in literature. Political poetry, English. Politics and government. Politieke oppositie. Dichtkunst. SUBJECT Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1714-1760. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056903 Great Britain -- Civilization -- 18th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056624 Subject Great Britain. Genre/Form History. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780191671869 019167186X

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