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The Poet and the Publisher - The Case of Alexander Pope, Esq., of Twickenham versus Edmund Curll, Bookseller in Grub Street (Hardcover)
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The Poet and the Publisher - The Case of Alexander Pope, Esq., of Twickenham versus Edmund Curll, Bookseller in Grub Street (Hardcover)
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The quarrel between the poet Alexander Pope and the publisher
Edmund Curll has long been a notorious episode in the history of
the book, when two remarkable figures with a gift for comedy and an
immoderate dislike of each other clashed publicly and without
restraint. However, it has never, until now, been chronicled in
full. Ripe with the sights and smells of Hanoverian London, The
Poet and Publisher details their vitriolic exchanges, drawing on
previously unearthed pamphlets, newspaper articles and
advertisements, court and government records, and personal letters.
The story of their battles in and out of print includes a
poisoning, the pillory, numerous instances of fraud, and a landmark
case in the history of copyright. The book is a forensic account of
events both momentous and farcical, and it is indecently
entertaining.
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