TY - BOOK AU - Williams,Abigail TI - Poetry and the creation of a Whig literary culture, 1681-1714 SN - 9780199558629 AV - PR555.P6 W55 2005 U1 - 821.5099 W A P 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Whig Party (Great Britain) KW - History KW - 18th century KW - English poetry KW - History and criticism KW - Politics and literature KW - Great Britain KW - Early modern, 1500-1700 KW - Intellectual life N1 - Formerly CIP; Includes bibliographical references (p. [258]-295) and index N2 - "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 ER -