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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... James Smith , William Hamilton of Bangour , and Soame Jen- yns.4 These are poets about whom we have some biographical and bibliographical information , at least in the Oxford Dictionary of Na- tional Biography and the New Cambridge ...
... James Smith , William Hamilton of Bangour , and Soame Jen- yns.4 These are poets about whom we have some biographical and bibliographical information , at least in the Oxford Dictionary of Na- tional Biography and the New Cambridge ...
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... James Miller , George Ogle , and Christopher Smart himself , but who seem drawn to the Horatian Imitation by the charm of their hero's public persona as the easy and detached ob- server of other men's follies . ( A pose Pope rarely ...
... James Miller , George Ogle , and Christopher Smart himself , but who seem drawn to the Horatian Imitation by the charm of their hero's public persona as the easy and detached ob- server of other men's follies . ( A pose Pope rarely ...
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... James Drake entitled The Memorial of the Church of England.*7 " Tacker " was a contemporary term for those Tories in Parliament who wished to tack the Bill against Occasional Conformity onto the appropriation to fight the war.18 Not all ...
... James Drake entitled The Memorial of the Church of England.*7 " Tacker " was a contemporary term for those Tories in Parliament who wished to tack the Bill against Occasional Conformity onto the appropriation to fight the war.18 Not all ...
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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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English Versions of Roman Satire in the Earlier Eighteenth Century William Kupersmith No preview available - 2007 |
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