… 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 …
… or Lady Strafford’s writings, but captured the literary imagination as well. Aside from Trivia , John Gay’s first play, The Mohocks (1712), also made heavy use of the eponymous scare. Mirroring the details given in the Spectator of …
… did not, however, prevent them from becoming divided. Ideology, circumstances and the weaknesses of the state all played a role in this polarisation process. According to the pessimistic historical interpretation of the clubs, the …
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