The Politics of Songs in Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1723–1795


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Horgan analyses the importance of songs in British eighteenth-century culture with specific reference to their political meaning. Using an interdisciplinary methodology, combining the perspectives of literary studies and cultural history, the utilitarian power of songs emerges across four major case studies.




Catalogue ... 1807-1871


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The Athenaeum


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Politics, Religion and the Song of Songs in Seventeenth-Century England


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The Song of Songs , with its highly sexual imagery, was very popular in seventeenth-century England in commentary and paraphrase. This book charts the fascination with the mystical marriage, its implication in the various political conflicts of the seventeenth century, and its appeal to seventeenth-century writers, particularly women.