English Versions of Roman Satire in the Earlier Eighteenth CenturyThis book discusses Imitations of the ancient Roman verse satirists Horace, Juvenal, and Perseus published in Britain in the first half of the eighteenth century. It endeavors to put major writers such as Alexander Pope and Samuel Johnson in the context of lesser writers of the period. It also devotes attention to other canonical writers such as Jonathan Swift, Henry Fielding, and Christopher Smart. |
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Page 14
... never been . Such are the author of The Merchant's Advocate or the hack who cobbled together The State of Rome under Nero and Domi- tian . But they deserve their place in the history 14 ENGLISH VERSIONS OF ROMAN SATIRE.
... never been . Such are the author of The Merchant's Advocate or the hack who cobbled together The State of Rome under Nero and Domi- tian . But they deserve their place in the history 14 ENGLISH VERSIONS OF ROMAN SATIRE.
Page 108
... either directly or ironically , as aimed at George II . I would argue that the Imitation is largely concerned with literature , but that the very literary subject of the epistle made 108 ENGLISH VERSIONS OF ROMAN SATIRE.
... either directly or ironically , as aimed at George II . I would argue that the Imitation is largely concerned with literature , but that the very literary subject of the epistle made 108 ENGLISH VERSIONS OF ROMAN SATIRE.
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... charitable toward the faults of our friends . Hor- ace joins the two by using a favorite device of Roman satirists , the imaginary interlocutor . Nunc aliquis dicat mihi “ quid tu ? nullane habes 206 ENGLISH VERSIONS OF ROMAN SATIRE.
... charitable toward the faults of our friends . Hor- ace joins the two by using a favorite device of Roman satirists , the imaginary interlocutor . Nunc aliquis dicat mihi “ quid tu ? nullane habes 206 ENGLISH VERSIONS OF ROMAN SATIRE.
Contents
Acknowledgments | 9 |
The First Political Imitation of Juvenal | 23 |
Imitators Imitating Swift Imitating Horace | 53 |
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