Grub Street [ Cities / Literary & Artistic genres ]
… in British literature of ‘true’ or ‘literary’ authors looking down on all forms of publication, with all of its unwanted associations with commerce and public exposure. The aristocratic wits at the Restoration court did what they could to … very difficult to control, and therefore open for subversive publications, from political sedition to pornography. This association of Grub Street with uncontrolled and potentially subversive writing had its own legacy, and it is interesting …
Commerce | Patronage | Politics | Satire | Sex
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