Patronage [ Politics & Society / Social interaction ]
… and ‘merit’, the poetic or artistic capability of the person receiving patronage. 1 . For example Charles Churchill, The Author. A Poem (London: W. Flexney, 1763), p. 3-4; James Ralph, The Case of Authors by Profession or Trade, Stated. With Regard to Booksellers, the Stage, and the Public. No Matter by Whom (London: … 1650–1800 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996), p. 10. Oliver Goldsmith and Charles Churchill are among the authors in the second half of the century who deplored the marketized corruption of the prevailing system, and idealized …
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