Christine Gerrard
Biographic Data
| ID | 8910159 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christine Gerrard |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christine |
| FAMILY NAME | Gerrard |
| SIGNATURE | GERRARD C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 4 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
What the Women of Dublin Did with John Locke
William Molyneux's friendship with John Locke helped make Locke's ideas well known in early eighteenth-century Dublin. The Essay Concerning Human Understanding was placed on the curriculum of Trinity College in 1692, soon after its publication. Yet there has been very little discussion of whether Irish women from this period read or knew Locke's work, or engaged more generally in contemporary philosophical debate. This essay focuses on the work o…
Poems on Politics
A Companion to Eighteenth-Century Poetry
A companion to eighteenth-century poetry
"This broad-ranging Companion gives readers a thorough grounding in both the background and the substance of eighteenth-century poetry in all its rich variety. An up-to-date and wide-ranging guide to eighteenth-century poetry. Reflects the dramatic transformation which has taken place in the study of eighteenth-century poetry over the past two decades. Opens with a section on contexts, discussing poetry's relationships with patriotism, politics, …
A Companion to Eighteenth-Century Poetry
A Companion to Eighteenth-Century Poetry
Aaron Hill
During his lifetime Aaron Hill was one of the most lively cultural patrons and brokers on the London literary scene — an image hard to square with the company of undistinguished scribblers to which Pope relegated him in the Dunciad. This book aims to correct the distorted picture of the Augustan cultural scene which Pope passed down to posterity. Hill deliberately confronted Pope in his attempt to free poetry's sublime and visionary potential fro…
Aaron Hill
Aaron Hill was one of the most lively cultural patrons and brokers on the London literary scene - an image hard to square with the company of undistinguished scribblers to which Pope relegated him in the 'Dunciad'. This biography aims to correct this distorted picture of Hill's life.
Hill, Voltaire, and Prince Frederick, 1733–1738
This chapter discusses Aaron Hill's interests on Voltaire and Prince Frederick from 1733 to 1738. Given the staunchly patriotic, anti-Gallic spirit of Hill's cultural pronouncements in the Prompter, there is a certain irony that he enjoyed his greatest dramatic successes as an English adapter of French plays. Zara, Alzira, and Merope, all translations of tragedies by Voltaire, secured Hill's reputation as a dramatist more effectively than any of …
The Patriot Opposition to Walpole
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The Patriot Opposition to Walpole
Aaron Hill
During his lifetime Aaron Hill was one of the most lively cultural patrons and brokers on the London literary scene — an image hard to square with the company of undistinguished scribblers to which Pope relegated him in the Dunciad. This book aims to correct the distorted picture of the Augustan cultural scene which Pope passed down to posterity. Hill deliberately confronted Pope in his attempt to free poetry's sublime and visionary potential fro…
Aaron Hill
Aaron Hill was one of the most lively cultural patrons and brokers on the London literary scene - an image hard to square with the company of undistinguished scribblers to which Pope relegated him in the 'Dunciad'. This biography aims to correct this distorted picture of Hill's life.
Hill, Voltaire, and Prince Frederick, 1733–1738
This chapter discusses Aaron Hill's interests on Voltaire and Prince Frederick from 1733 to 1738. Given the staunchly patriotic, anti-Gallic spirit of Hill's cultural pronouncements in the Prompter, there is a certain irony that he enjoyed his greatest dramatic successes as an English adapter of French plays. Zara, Alzira, and Merope, all translations of tragedies by Voltaire, secured Hill's reputation as a dramatist more effectively than any of …
A Companion to Eighteenth-Century Poetry
A companion to eighteenth-century poetry
"This broad-ranging Companion gives readers a thorough grounding in both the background and the substance of eighteenth-century poetry in all its rich variety. An up-to-date and wide-ranging guide to eighteenth-century poetry. Reflects the dramatic transformation which has taken place in the study of eighteenth-century poetry over the past two decades. Opens with a section on contexts, discussing poetry's relationships with patriotism, politics, …
A Companion to Eighteenth-Century Poetry
A Companion to Eighteenth-Century Poetry
Poems on Politics
What the Women of Dublin Did with John Locke
William Molyneux's friendship with John Locke helped make Locke's ideas well known in early eighteenth-century Dublin. The Essay Concerning Human Understanding was placed on the curriculum of Trinity College in 1692, soon after its publication. Yet there has been very little discussion of whether Irish women from this period read or knew Locke's work, or engaged more generally in contemporary philosophical debate. This essay focuses on the work o…
Art (8 works) · Literature (8 works) · Poetry (8 works) · History (6 works) · Literature: history, themes, analysis (5 works) · German Literature and Culture Studies (4 works) · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity (4 works) · Historical Art and Culture Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works)