Electoral sociability [ Politics & Society ]
… as collectables. The collector of one early miscellany, relating to a York election, called his work ‘an Election Opera’, in emulation of recent ‘sing-song plays’ such as Gay’s Beggar’s Opera . 7 Yet such print could also veer into impoliteness and divisiveness. A 1786 publication collating poems, songs …
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