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1 online resource (267 pages) : illustrations, portrait |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: List of Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Hackney Apollo, 1685-1711 -- 2. Schemes and Projects, 1712-1721 -- 3. 'Heavenly Clio': the making of the Hillarian circle, 1720-1723 -- 4. The 'Scorpion Haywood': the breaking of the Hillarian circle, 1723-1725 -- 5. The Plain Dealer and the religious sublime, 1724-1728 -- 6. 'Dipt in the Dirt': Pope, cultural politics, and Grub Street, 1728-1733 -- 7. Hill and the London stage, 1731-1736 -- 8. Hill, Voltaire, and Prince Frederick, 1733-1738 -- 9. 'Essex man': Richardson and the Hill family, 1733-1738 -- 10. Patriotism, fame, and death, 1743-1750 -- Bibliography |
| Summary |
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 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-258) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Hill, Aaron, 1685-1750.
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Hill, Aaron, 1685-1750 fast |
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Authors and patrons -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century
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Theater -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century
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Literary patrons -- Great Britain -- Biography
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Authors, English -- 18th century -- Biography
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Authors and patrons
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Authors, English
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Intellectual life
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Literary patrons
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Theater
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London (England) -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85078216
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England -- London
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Great Britain
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Electronic books
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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Oxford University Press
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| ISBN |
9780191714122 |
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0191714127 |
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