… of the arts becomes a more sociable affair (enjoying music in an opera house or a concert, reading a successful novel that everyone was talking about, discussing the worth of a painting at an exhibition), the modes of patronage … Further Reading Carnell, Rachel, Partisan Politics, Narrative Realism, and the Rise of the British Novel (New York: Palgrave Macmillan 2006). Peck, Linda Levy, Court Patronage and Corruption in Early Stuart England … reflected upon by contemporaries. … Carnell, Rachel, Partisan Politics, Narrative Realism, and the Rise of the British Novel (New York: Palgrave Macmillan 2006). Peck, Linda Levy, Court Patronage and Corruption in Early Stuart England …