01492pam a2200313 a 4500001001000000003000400010005001700014008004100031010001700072015001900089020001800108040002000126042001100146043001200157050002300169082002300192100002300215245008700238260004600325300002100371500002200392504006600414520039900480610005500879650005700934650006700991650006801058651005201126012962742OSt20150408113958.0111214s2009    enk      b    001 0 eng    a  2004026057  aGBA4561032bnb  a9780199558629  aStDuBDSdUkcMU  aukblsr  ae-uk---00aPR555.P6bW55 200500a821.5099 W A P2221 aWilliams, Abigail.10aPoetry and the creation of a Whig literary culture, 1681-1714 /cAbigail Williams.  aOxford :bOxford University Press,c2009.  a303 p. ;c23 cm.  aFormerly CIP.5Uk  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [258]-295) and index.  a"This book offers a revisionist history of early eighteenth-century poetry. It demonstrates that many of the Whig writers frequently attacked as hacks and dunces were in fact successful and popular in their own time. This text maps the evolution of this poetic tradition, examining the relationship between literary and political culture in the early eighteenth-century"--Provided by publisher.20aWhig Party (Great Britain)xHistoryy18th century. 0aEnglish poetryy18th centuryxHistory and criticism. 0aPolitics and literaturezGreat BritainxHistoryy18th century. 0aEnglish poetryyEarly modern, 1500-1700xHistory and criticism. 0aGreat BritainxIntellectual lifey18th century.