TY - CHAP
T1 - The rhyme of the ancient labourer
T2 - working-class poets and the classics
AU - Stead, Henry
PY - 2024/12/5
Y1 - 2024/12/5
N2 - This chapter focuses on the classicism of several ‘worker poets’ of the 18th century, including: the shoemaker James Woodhouse (ca. 1735–1820), the thresher Stephen Duck (ca. 1705–1756), the washerwoman Mary Collier (1688–1762), the blind son of a bricklayer Thomas Blacklock (1721–1791), and the milkwoman Ann Yearsley (1753–1806). It examines their poetical works, their relationships with patrons, publishers, readers and critics, and their engagement with ancient Greek and Latin literature.
AB - This chapter focuses on the classicism of several ‘worker poets’ of the 18th century, including: the shoemaker James Woodhouse (ca. 1735–1820), the thresher Stephen Duck (ca. 1705–1756), the washerwoman Mary Collier (1688–1762), the blind son of a bricklayer Thomas Blacklock (1721–1791), and the milkwoman Ann Yearsley (1753–1806). It examines their poetical works, their relationships with patrons, publishers, readers and critics, and their engagement with ancient Greek and Latin literature.
UR - https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003226246
UR - https://discover.libraryhub.jisc.ac.uk/search?isn=9781032127866&rn=1
U2 - 10.4324/9781003226246-10
DO - 10.4324/9781003226246-10
M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)
SN - 9781032127866
SN - 9781032127873
T3 - Routledge companions to literature series
SP - 117
EP - 135
BT - The Routledge companion to working-class literature
A2 - Clarke, Ben
PB - Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
CY - Abingdon, Oxon
ER -