Grub Street writers

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historical social group writers

Grub Street writers were impoverished, often hackish authors and journalists in 18th-century London, notorious for producing low-quality, sensational, or derivative literature for pay.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical social group ⓘ
writers ⓘ
associatedWith Grub Street NERFINISHED ⓘ
London literary marketplace ⓘ
patronage system decline ⓘ
periodical press ⓘ
print culture ⓘ
characteristic commercially driven ⓘ
derivative ⓘ
hack writers ⓘ
impoverished ⓘ
low literary prestige ⓘ
poorly paid ⓘ
prolific ⓘ
sensationalist ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
economicStatus dependent on piecework ⓘ
precarious ⓘ
genre broadsides ⓘ
ephemeral literature ⓘ
hack journalism ⓘ
pamphlets ⓘ
political writing ⓘ
satire ⓘ
scandal literature ⓘ
historicalContext expansion of print market in 18th-century Britain ⓘ
rise of commercial publishing ⓘ
influencedConcept term "Grub Street" as synonym for hack writing ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedIn Grub Street NERFINISHED ⓘ
London NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCritic Alexander Pope NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jonathan Swift NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
pamphleteer ⓘ
satirist ⓘ
opposedBy elite literary establishment ⓘ
paidBy booksellers ⓘ
newspaper proprietors ⓘ
publishers ⓘ
portrayedAs mercenary authors ⓘ
symbols of bad writing ⓘ
portrayedIn The Dunciad NERFINISHED ⓘ
socialPerception disreputable ⓘ
marginal ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ

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Peri Bathous, or the Art of Sinking in Poetry → criticizes → Grub Street writers ⓘ
The Dunciad → personSatirized → Grub Street writers ⓘ