Sir Robert Walpole's poets
Subtitle: the use of literature as pro-government propaganda, 1721-1742
By: Tone Sundt Urstad.
Publisher: University of Delaware Press; Univ of Delaware Pr
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Newark, Del
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
Subjects: Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 -- Relations with poets; English poetry -- 18th century -- History and criticism; Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century; Literature and state -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century; Poets, English -- 18th century -- Political and social views; Political poetry, English -- History and criticism; Propaganda, British -- History -- 18th century; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1714-1760
Description: "During Sir Robert Walpole's term as "Prime Minister" exorbitant amounts of money were spent on propaganda in support of his administration. Since nearly all the major writers of the period adopted an anti-government stance, however, historians have shown far more interest in the organization and contents of opposition propaganda than in its pro-government counterpart.

This book is the first comprehensive study of the literature published in support of Walpole's administration, and explores important pro-government themes, and also explains how the propaganda network was organized and what precisely the Old Corps Whig leadership hoped to achieve."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (273-289) and index.