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Cultures Of Whiggism: New Essays On English Literature And Culture In The Long Eighteenth Century
David . Ed(S): Womersley
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hardcover. Editor(s): Womersley, David. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 25. Weight in Grams: 708.
he essays collected in this volume explore the Whiggish literary culture that arose in England in the late seventeenth century and continued throughout the following century. From the pre-history of Whiggism in the court of Charles II to the fractures opened up within it by the pressures created by the French Revolution in the 1790s, the interactions between Whiggish politics and literature are sampled and described. As both how literature was made expressive of Whiggish attitudes, and how Whiggism itself proved a spur to literary innovation, become steadily more clear, so the outlines of nothing less than a new literary ... Read more
he essays collected in this volume explore the Whiggish literary culture that arose in England in the late seventeenth century and continued throughout the following century. From the pre-history of Whiggism in the court of Charles II to the fractures opened up within it by the pressures created by the French Revolution in the 1790s, the interactions between Whiggish politics and literature are sampled and described. As both how literature was made expressive of Whiggish attitudes, and how Whiggism itself proved a spur to literary innovation, become steadily more clear, so the outlines of nothing less than a new literary ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
370
Condition
New
Number of Pages
370
Place of Publication
Delaware, United States
ISBN
9781611492682
SKU
V9781611492682
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About David . Ed(S): Womersley
is the Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford.
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