Ned Ward of Grubstreet : A Study of Sub-Literary London in the Eighteenth Century

During the robust early decades of the eighteenth century, the first writers for the public press worked out the principles of their craft by innovation and experiment. One of the most colorful of these early writers was Ned Ward of Grubstreet, the prolific hack writer and tavern keeper and contemporary of Defoe. Howard Troyer’s book gives an intimate glimpse of this early eighteenth-century London through its study of Ward’s life and writings. Preface Contents Illustration I. The Scandalous Profession II. Bishop, Bailiffs, and Bastards III. Wearing the Bays IV. Debtors’ Prison and Holiday V. Hot-Brained Quarrels VI. The Pious Regicides VII. Man and Manners VIII. Citizens, Soldiers, and Seamen IX. Tippling, Gossip, and Bawdy Talk X. A Preposterous Union XI. No Mean Talent Notes Appendices Appendix A. A Bibliography of the Writings of Edward Ward Appendix Β. Doubtful Attributions Index