Overview: Examines a broad historical range of poetry, from early modern to contemporary poetry.Pays attention to upper- and middle-class poets in addition to the working-class poets usually examined.Examines d.This study discusses the representation of class in poetry in English from Britain and Ireland between the fourteenth and twenty-first centuries, and the effect of class on the production, dissemination, and reception of that poetry. It looks at the factors which enable and obstruct the production of poetry, such as literacy, education, patronage, prejudice, print, and the various alleg
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