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The practice of satire in England, 1658-1770 /
In this book, the author explores how satire was conceived and understood by writers and readers of the period. This account is based on a reading of some 3,000 works, ranging from one-page squibs to novels. The objective is not to recuperate particular minor works but to recover the satiric milieu...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
[2013]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Canonical and noncanonical satire, 1658-1770 : some questions of definition, aims, and method
- Contemporary views on satire, 1658-1770
- Satire in the Carolean period
- Beyond Carolean : satire at the end of the seventeenth century
- Defoe, Swift, and new varieties of satire, 1700-1725
- Harsh and sympathetic satire, 1726-1745
- Churchill, Foote, Macklin, Garrick, Smollett, Sterne, and others, 1745-1770
- Epilogue : toward a new history of English satire, 1658-1770.