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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William Kupersmith. T. S. Eliot himself , that The Vanity of Human Wishes alone entitles Johnson to a rank among major poets.2 The status of Swift as a poet will probably always be contested , but we may safely presume that only his ...
William Kupersmith. T. S. Eliot himself , that The Vanity of Human Wishes alone entitles Johnson to a rank among major poets.2 The status of Swift as a poet will probably always be contested , but we may safely presume that only his ...
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... Human Wishes ( 135-74 ) . On the other hand , as we shall see , Johnson's account of Charles XII closely corresponds point for point with Juvenal's portrait of Hannibal . 1 1 Pope's technique is similar , and particularly excels in ...
... Human Wishes ( 135-74 ) . On the other hand , as we shall see , Johnson's account of Charles XII closely corresponds point for point with Juvenal's portrait of Hannibal . 1 1 Pope's technique is similar , and particularly excels in ...
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... Human Wishes might not , but I hope that I may have that some portion of that rare art , exemplified by literary scholars as different as C. S. Lewis and Paul Fussell , of being able to make books that are not all that much fun to read ...
... Human Wishes might not , but I hope that I may have that some portion of that rare art , exemplified by literary scholars as different as C. S. Lewis and Paul Fussell , of being able to make books that are not all that much fun to read ...
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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 |
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