- Title :
-
The maypole in the Strand : Pope and the politics of revelry
- Author :
- ROGERS, Pat ;
- Publication year :
-
2005
- Language :
- English ;
- Abstract :
- Explores the political history of maypoles, the fortunes of the particular pole in the Strand, London, and the church of S. Mary-le-Strand, designed by James Gibbs, which arose on this site. Alexander Pope alluded to the pole in the Dunciad, in which he drew attention to the fact that the first of the new 'Queen Anne' churches had been erected on the site. ;
- Topic :
- 530 - BIBLIOGRAPHIE D'HISTOIRE DE L'ART ; 5304A - 1400-1800 ; Architecture ; 530-IV - 1400-1800 ;
- French keywords :
- Arbre de mai ; Architecture ; Ecrits ; Eglise ; Gibbs, James, 1682-1754 ; Grande-Bretagne ; London (GBR), S. Mary-le-Strand ; London (GBR), Strand ; Politique ; Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744 ; Reine Anne (style) ; 1600-1800 ;
- Descriptors :
- Architecture ; Churches ; Gibbs, James, 1682-1754 ; Great Britain ; London (GBR), S. Mary-le-Strand ; London (GBR), Strand ; Maypoles ; Politics ; Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744 ; Queen Anne (style) ; Writings ; 1600-1800 ;
- Document type :
- Article ;
- Source :
-
British journal for eighteenth century studies, 2005, 28, 1, spring
- INIST identifier :
- 24838512 ;
- ISSN :
- ISSN 0141-867X ;
- Provenance :
- Bibliographie d'Histoire de l'Art ;
- Publisher :
-
British Society for Eighteenth Century Studies, [S.l.]
- Publisher country :
- UNITED KINGDOM ;
