The brink of all we hate : English satires on women, 1660-1750 /

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Examining the elements of the tradition of antifeminist satire in the Restoration and eighteenth century, and exploring its uses, Nussbaum reveals a clearer context in which many poems of the period will be read anew.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Nussbaum, Felicity
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, KY : University Press of Kentucky, ©1984.
Subjects:
1500-1799
Women in literature.
English literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Satire, English > History and criticism.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Littérature anglaise > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature anglaise > 17e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Satire anglaise > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English literature
English literature > Early modern
Satire, English
Women in literature
Vrouwen.
Engels.
Satires.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Rhyming women dead: Restoration satires on women
  • The better women: the amazon myth and Hudibras
  • "That lost thing, love": women and impotence in Rochester's poetry
  • Rara avis in terris: translations of Juvenal's sixth satire
  • "The sex's flight": women and time in Swift's poetry
  • Enemies and enviers: minor eighteenth-century satires
  • "The glory, jest, and riddle of the town": women in Pope's poetry.

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