Grub Street [ Cities / Literary & Artistic genres ]
… street name does not exist anymore (the street was renamed Milton Street, and after heavy damage during the Second World War, most of it was swallowed by the Barbican Estate), the term has survived, because it quickly became a symbol as well … as a reference to bad writing already in 1630 by the poet John Taylor, and gained traction throughout the English Civil War, which was fought in writing as well as with actual arms. The concerted efforts to discredit the other side in … And indeed, writers and critics in the eighteenth century frequently compared writers to prostitutes, such as Ned Ward in 1698, who described the condition of an author as ‘very much like that of a Strumpet […] and if the reason be …
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