Author: Thomas HunterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
A Sketch of the Philosophical Character of the Late Lord Viscount Bolingbroke. By Thomas Hunter, ...
Author: Thomas HunterA Sketch of the Philosophical Character of the Late Lord Viscount Bolingbroke
Author: Thomas HunterAnnual Register of World Events
Author: Catalogue of a Collection of Historical Tracts, 1561-1800, in DLXXXII Volumes
Author: Redpath LibraryPublisher: London : Printed by the donor for private circulation
ISBN:
Category : Broadsides
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
THE ANNUAL REGISTER, OR A VIEW OF THE HISTORY, POLITICS, AND LITERATURE.
Author: “The” Annual Register
Author: Remains historical and literary connected with the Palatine counties of Lancaster and Chester published by the Chetham Society
Author: Chetham SocietyRemains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester
Author: The History of the Parish of Garstang in the County of Lancaster
Author: Henry FishwickPublisher:
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Category : Garstang, England
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Illusory Consensus
Author: Alexander PettitPublisher: University of Delaware Press
ISBN: 9780874135923
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Alexander Pettit analyzes the formation of and the reaction against the notion of a unified opposition to England's de facto prime minister Sir Robert Walpole (1676-1745), the "great man" of Scriblerian satire who was reviled throughout the 1730s for his hostility to the belles lettres, his alleged disregard of the royal prerogative, and his concentration of power in an oligarchy of parliamentary "placemen." The discussion draws extensively on ephemeral plays, sermons, pamphlets, and newspapers that in their own day were regarded as significant contributions to the political debate. Pettit shows that the myth of coherent anti-Walpoleanism was promoted vigorously by Henry St. John, Viscount Bolingbroke (1678-1751), cofounder of the popular opposition weekly, the Craftsman. But Pettit argues that much of the anti-Walpole literature of the 1730s responds anxiously to Bolingbroke's prescriptive theorizing and questions or criticizes the terms of his appeals to consensus. The opposition was fundamentally in disagreement about how to formulate its objection to modern government. Bolingbroke's reductive fantasy of the opposition has been regarded charitably by modern commentators, most of whom have chosen to regard the "print-wars" as the occasion for Bolingbroke's major political treatises or as background to the satire of his friends, the Scriblerians. This emphasis on a small and interconnected group of writers and sources, however, has caused scholars to neglect the opposition's diversity and its lack of coherence.