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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... classical scholar . And although I do some practical criticism , I should describe myself as a literary histo- rian . A book by a scholar whose work I much admire argues that it is impossible to write " literary history . " 5 Insofar as ...
... classical scholar . And although I do some practical criticism , I should describe myself as a literary histo- rian . A book by a scholar whose work I much admire argues that it is impossible to write " literary history . " 5 Insofar as ...
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... Classical scholars , will all put in appearances in the following pages , my focus will be on specific poems and , where they can be identified , authors . And my primary critical attention will be devoted English Imitations as adap ...
... Classical scholars , will all put in appearances in the following pages , my focus will be on specific poems and , where they can be identified , authors . And my primary critical attention will be devoted English Imitations as adap ...
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... Classical education . I deliberately use the vague expression basics to cover a very broad spectrum of readers from Richard Bentley at the most learned end . I am not quite sure how far down to go from there . Obviously attending a ...
... Classical education . I deliberately use the vague expression basics to cover a very broad spectrum of readers from Richard Bentley at the most learned end . I am not quite sure how far down to go from there . Obviously attending a ...
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... Classical satire reached a comparatively small and elite audience in the earlier eighteenth century , I shall maintain that even lesser known examples are worthy of our atten- tion . I have quoted extensively , because except for the ...
... Classical satire reached a comparatively small and elite audience in the earlier eighteenth century , I shall maintain that even lesser known examples are worthy of our atten- tion . I have quoted extensively , because except for the ...
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... Classical satire the need to make an expensive trip to find out what is in store . Having discussed the purpose and scope of this book , I shall now explain the method . As in my earlier book on seventeenth - century Imitations and ...
... Classical satire the need to make an expensive trip to find out what is in store . Having discussed the purpose and scope of this book , I shall now explain the method . As in my earlier book on seventeenth - century Imitations and ...
Contents
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Imitators Imitating Swift Imitating Horace | 53 |
Alexander Popes Earlier Imitations of Horace | 64 |
Responses to Popes Earlier Imitations | 85 |
Pope and Horace The Later Period | 102 |
Imitations of Roman Satire in the Later 1730s | 136 |
The Imitation from 1740 to 1750 | 169 |
Conclusion | 212 |
Appendix | 223 |
Notes | 228 |
Bibliography | 255 |
Index | 265 |
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