Description |
1 online resource (xii, 310 pages) |
Contents |
TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; SHORT TITLES; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
Summary |
Documenting Eighteenth Century Satire provides a historicized view of Augustan satire, through detailed readings of individual works. It aims to show how these satires can be "documented" in various ways to reveal richer meanings. The book ranges across different modes of satire, in poetry, prose and drama. It covers some of the best known works of eighteenth-century British literature, including The Rape of the Lock, The Dunciad, and The Beggar's Opera. In addition it deals Other less familiar but important texts, including Gay's Trivia, Pope's Epistle to Miss Blount, and Swift's poem on Sid |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-302) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744
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Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745
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Gay, John, 1685-1732
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Arbuthnot, John, 1667-1735.
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Arbuthnot, John, 1667-1735 |
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Gay, John, 1685-1732 |
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Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744 |
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Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 |
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Arbuthnot, John 1667-1735 |
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Gay, John 1685-1732 |
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Pope, Alexander 1688-1744 |
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Swift, Jonathan 1667-1745 |
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Scriblerus Club |
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Satire, English -- 18th century -- History and criticism
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English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism
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HUMOR -- General.
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English literature
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Satire, English
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Satire
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Englisch.
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
1443832510 |
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9781443832519 |
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