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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... poetic merit , the poem is historically important as the first application of a satire of Juvenal to the contemporary ... poet William Diaper , who satirized ( Continued on back flap ) English Versions of Roman Satire in the Earlier ...
... poetic merit , the poem is historically important as the first application of a satire of Juvenal to the contemporary ... poet William Diaper , who satirized ( Continued on back flap ) English Versions of Roman Satire in the Earlier ...
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... poets be like trying to study the ecology of a forest by confining our attention to the largest species of plants and animals , but even judging what are the biggest varieties is arbitrary . Let us consider the major " canonical ...
... poets be like trying to study the ecology of a forest by confining our attention to the largest species of plants and animals , but even judging what are the biggest varieties is arbitrary . Let us consider the major " canonical ...
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... poets.2 The status of Swift as a poet will probably always be contested , but we may safely presume that only his Imitation of Horace's sixth satire of the second book has aroused much interest , and that largely for biographical ...
... poets.2 The status of Swift as a poet will probably always be contested , but we may safely presume that only his Imitation of Horace's sixth satire of the second book has aroused much interest , and that largely for biographical ...
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... poets or singers in general , but my judgments have been somewhat arbitrary . And I ignore parodies and Imitations of the Ars poetica . My structure is largely chronologic , but Alexander Pope's Imita- tions of Horace have required me ...
... poets or singers in general , but my judgments have been somewhat arbitrary . And I ignore parodies and Imitations of the Ars poetica . My structure is largely chronologic , but Alexander Pope's Imita- tions of Horace have required me ...
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... poet of his age , and had he not ventured into the Imita- tion as a form , it is scarcely likely that Johnson would ... poetic form , but that his de- mise was an important factor in its decline . Not all imitators , however , adopted ...
... poet of his age , and had he not ventured into the Imita- tion as a form , it is scarcely likely that Johnson would ... poetic form , but that his de- mise was an important factor in its decline . Not all imitators , however , adopted ...
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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