Literary Patronage in England, 16501800
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: March 9, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780521024464
Subjects: Literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; British Isles; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; English literature--18th century--History and; English literature--18th century--History and criticism; Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; 18th century; Authors and patrons; Early modern, 1500-1700; England; English literature; History; History and criticism
First sentence: My goal in this study of literary patronage is to shed new light on literary texts and to understand how those texts functioned within the literary, political, and economic culture in which they were written.