Literature and Party Politics At the Accession of Queen Anne

This volume examines how literature was central to the debates about royal succession and political culture of the early eighteenth century. It reshapes our understanding of writers such as Daniel Defoe, Alexander Pope, and Joseph Addison, as well as our understanding of political, literary, and material cultures of the time.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: Succession


• 2: Coronation


• 3: Royal Progress


• 4: War


• 5: Elections and the Church of England


• Conclusion


• Appendix

About the author

Joseph Hone is the Lumley Research Fellow in English at Magdalene College, Cambridge. His research focuses on the intersections of literature and political culture during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Previously he taught at the University of Oxford and held the Katharine F. Pantzer Fellowship in Descriptive Bibliography at Harvard University. He has published widely on eighteenth-century literature.

Summary

This volume examines how literature was central to the debates about royal succession and political culture of the early eighteenth century. It reshapes our understanding of writers such as Daniel Defoe, Alexander Pope, and Joseph Addison, as well as our understanding of political, literary, and material cultures of the time.

Additional text

Hone has a keen eye for both detail and constitutional macro-narratives.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph Hone, Joseph (Lumley Research Fellow Hone, Hone Joseph
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9780198814078
• ISBN: 978-0-19-881407-8
• No. of pages: 222
• Series: Oxford English Monographs; Oxford English Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 18th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 17th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 16th Century, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Early 18th century c 1700 to c 1750, C 1700 To C 1800