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This study offers a timely and necessary reassessment of the careers of Ann Yearsley and Hannah More. Making use of newly-discovered letters and poems, Andrews provides a full analysis of the breakdown of the two writers' affiliation and compares it to other labouring-class relationships based on patronage.

Table of Contents
Introduction, Kerri Andrews; Chapter 1 Hannah More and David Garrick: Patronage and Friendship, Kerri Andrews; Chapter 2 A Middling-Class Poet-Maker: Hannah More and Ann Yearsley, Kerri Andrews; Chapter 3 Patronage, Gratitude and Friendship, 1785–90, Kerri Andrews; Chapter 4 ‘Such is Bristol's Soul’: Patronage and Rivalry, Kerri Andrews; Chapter 5 Novel Writing and the French Revolution, Kerri Andrews; Chapter 6 Romantic Bristol: Creative Networks in the 1790s, Kerri Andrews; Chapter 7 Afterword, Kerri Andrews;

Ann Yearsley and Hannah More Patronage and Poetry

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/21/2016 12:01:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781138664470, 978-1138664470
      ISBN10: 1138664472
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      Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This study offers a timely and necessary reassessment of the careers of Ann Yearsley and Hannah More. Making use of newly-discovered letters and poems, Andrews provides a full analysis of the breakdown of the two writers' affiliation and compares it to other labouring-class relationships based on patronage.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction, Kerri Andrews; Chapter 1 Hannah More and David Garrick: Patronage and Friendship, Kerri Andrews; Chapter 2 A Middling-Class Poet-Maker: Hannah More and Ann Yearsley, Kerri Andrews; Chapter 3 Patronage, Gratitude and Friendship, 1785–90, Kerri Andrews; Chapter 4 ‘Such is Bristol's Soul’: Patronage and Rivalry, Kerri Andrews; Chapter 5 Novel Writing and the French Revolution, Kerri Andrews; Chapter 6 Romantic Bristol: Creative Networks in the 1790s, Kerri Andrews; Chapter 7 Afterword, Kerri Andrews;

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