The Writing Life of Hugh Kelly: Politics, Journalism, and Theatre in Late-Eighteenth-Century London

by Robert R Bataille and Professor Robert R Bataille PhD

Robert R. Bataille demonstrates convincingly that between 1767 and 1777, Anglo-Irish writer Hugh Kelly made major contributions in three areas of British culture: politics, journalism, and theater. Bataille shows how all three activities were integrated in Kelly's life, suggesting that such interrelationships often existed in the rough and ready London culture during the early reign of King George III.

When he discovered several newspaper...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809322889
• ISBN13: 9780809322886
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"