The Poets Laureate of the Long Eighteenth Century, 1668-1813: Courting the Public by Shipp, Leo
The Poets Laureate of the Long Eighteenth Century, 1668-1813: Courting the Public by Shipp, Leo

The Poets Laureate of the Long Eighteenth Century, 1668-1813: Courting the Public

A history of the development and importance of the office of poet laureate of Britain. The office...
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The Poets Laureate of the Long Eighteenth Century, 1668-1813: Courting the Public by Shipp, Leo

The Poets Laureate of the Long Eighteenth Century, 1668-1813: Courting the Public

$340.23
The Poets Laureate of the Long Eighteenth Century, 1668-1813: Courting the Public by Shipp, Leo

The Poets Laureate of the Long Eighteenth Century, 1668-1813: Courting the Public

$340.23
Author: Leo Shipp
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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A history of the development and importance of the office of poet laureate of Britain.

The office of the poet laureate of Britain was a highly prominent, relevant, and respectable institution throughout the long eighteenth century. First instituted for John Dryden in 1668, the laureateship developed from an honorific into a functionary office with a settled position in court, and in 1813 was bestowed upon Robert Southey, whose tenure transformed the office. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book examines the office's institutional changes and public reception, the mechanics of each laureate's appointment, and the works produced by the laureates before and after their appointments. It argues that the laureateship played a key part in some of the most vital trends in eighteenth-century culture.

At the core of the book is a new research paradigm that Leo Shipp calls the conceptual geography of culture. It shows that Britons routinely used spatial concepts to understand culture throughout the period, which became increasingly abstract over time. As part of this, Shipp shows, the court evolved from a concrete space in London to an abstract space capable of hosting the entire British public. The laureateship was a dynamic office positioned at the interface of court and public, evolving in line with its audiences. An important intervention in eighteenth-century historiography, this book presents a nuanced understanding of eighteenth-century culture and society, in which the laureateship exemplified the enduring centrality of the court to the British conceptual geography of culture.

Author: Leo Shipp
Publisher: Institute of Historical Research
Published: 11/01/2022
Pages: 232
Binding Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781914477294

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