‘Letem Deck Their Verses with Farinelli's Name’: Farinelli as a Satirical Trope in English Poetry and Verse of the 1730s1

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Journal for Eighteenth-Century StudiesVolume 28, Issue 3 p. 421-436 ‘Letem Deck Their Verses with Farinelli's Name’: Farinelli as a Satirical Trope in English Poetry and Verse of the 1730s1 XAVIER CERVANTES, Search for more papers by this author XAVIER CERVANTES, Search for more papers by this author First published: 01 October 2008 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1754-0208.2005.tb00310.x 1 For those who must be Scribling. right or wrong, / Whose numbers of themselves flow into Song, / Letem deck their Verse with F-lli's Name‘. The Happy Courtezan: or, The Prude demolishd. An Epistlr from the celebrated Mrs. C[onstantia] P[hilips], to the Angelick Signior Far[i]n[el]li (London 1735). p.12: reprinted in Thomas McGeary. Verse Epistles on Italian Opera Singers, 1724–1736’, Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle 32 (2000), p.77. Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Volume28, Issue3December 2005Pages 421-436 RelatedInformation