Men's work: gender, class, and the professionalization of poetry, 1660-1784

Introduction Poets of the Times: Rochester, Oldham, and Restoration Literary Culture From the Stage to the Closet: Dryden's Journey Into Print, Manhood, and Poetic Authority 'A good Poet is no small Thing': Pope and the Problem of Pleasure for Sale 'I shall be but a shrimp of an author': Gray, the Marketplace, and the Masculine Poet 'I also am a Man': Johnson's Lives and the Gender of the Poet