Themes

Themes prominent among the manuscript contents are identified, using a standardized list

Displaying 26–38 themes out of 38 total

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Theme Description Major Theme Minor Theme
Music, song, opera

Discussions of musical performances, instruments, singing.

1 31
Nature

Descriptions of non-human natural phenomena, seasons, landscapes. 

39 38
Passions, Sentiments

Discussions of forces such as ambition, despair, hope, pity, etc.

35 35
Public affairs

Includes political events, the Court/monarchy, party politics (Whigs, Tories), battles, public events, the slave trade, etc. (see also Celebrities, Satire – political, religious).

72 31
Satire - political

Ridicule of political factions and parties, individuals in government roles, and events in the political sphere.

35 11
Satire - religious

Ridicule of religious denominations, individual religious leaders, and events in the religious sphere.

7 14
Satire - social

Ridicule of social behaviours such as gossip, pretentiousness, vanity, following fashions, quarrelling

39 28
Shakespeare

Poetry about Shakespeare and/or his works.

5 20
Solitude, loneliness, retirement

Celebrations or lamentations of a state of isolation or retirement.

12 30
Theatre, drama

Discussions of theatrical performances, actors in particular roles; prologues and epilogues of plays (see also Shakespeare).

14 32
Travel

Accounts or discussions of voyages by land or sea, whether local or abroad.

9 16
Visual arts

Discussions of painting, drawing, sculpture, engraving, and of particular works of these arts.

1 36
Women

Poetry about the nature of women or a significant number of poems about individual women.

36 25