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. English Versions of Roman Satire in the Earlier Eighteenth Century Introduction IN RECENT YEARS PROFESSORS OF ENGLISH IN AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES.
William Kupersmith. English Versions of Roman Satire in the Earlier Eighteenth Century Introduction IN RECENT YEARS PROFESSORS OF ENGLISH IN AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES.
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William Kupersmith. Introduction IN RECENT YEARS PROFESSORS OF ENGLISH IN AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES , especially those who teach American and contemporary literature , have been obsessed with the canon , not the collection of books that the ...
William Kupersmith. Introduction IN RECENT YEARS PROFESSORS OF ENGLISH IN AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES , especially those who teach American and contemporary literature , have been obsessed with the canon , not the collection of books that the ...
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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