Grub Street (Routledge Revivals): Studies in a Subculture

By Pat Rogers

Book Overview

First published in 1972, this is the first detailed study of the milieu of the eighteenth-century literary hack and its significance in Augustan literature. With detailed studies of a number of key authors, as well as the modern and metaphorical development of the term 'Grub Street', this book offers comprehensive insight into the nature of Augustan literature and the social conditions and concerns that inspired it.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138024805
• ISBN13: 9781138024809
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 462 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"