Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Richard Payne Knight
Standard Name: Knight, Richard Payne
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1786: Richard Payne Knight caused an outcry with...
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1786
Richard Payne Knight
caused an outcry with his deliberately provocative Account of the Remains of the Worship of Priapus, privately printed but strategically circulated.
By November 1805: Richard Payne Knight published his influential...
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By November 1805
Richard Payne Knight
published his influential Analytical Inquiry into the Principles of Taste; that month it had the lead review in the Critical.
1806: The Elgin Marbles, ancient Greek statues...
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1806
The Elgin Marbles, ancient Greek statues removed from the Parthenon in Athens by Lord Elgin
, were exhibited for the first time in England.