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Centered around the lives and poetry of Mennes and Smith, this work explores the largely uncharted territory between the official culture of the court and the often oppositional culture of the city by examining the clubs of city wits (such as the Order of the Fancy), stage actors, and would-be courtiers that flourished during the early and middle years of the seventeenth century.Raylor, Timothy is the author of 'Cavaliers, Clubs, and Literary Culture Sir John Mennes, James Smith, and the Order of the Fancy' with ISBN 9780874135237 and ISBN 0874135230.
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