Abstract | Keywords | Export | Availability | Bookmark

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

"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.

English poetry --- Literature and state --- Poets, English --- Political poetry, English --- Politics and literature --- Politische Literatur. --- Propaganda, British --- Propaganda. --- History and criticism. --- History --- Political and social views. --- History and criticism. --- History --- History --- Walpole, Robert, --- Walpole, Robert. --- Relations with poets. --- Geschichte 1721-1742. --- England. --- Englisch. --- Great Britain --- Politics and government