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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 31
Page 24
... shows , however , the real situation was more complex . We have to avoid the careless assumption that the middle ... show Compassion to those , who are honestly Unfor- tunate ? Such a Man , if such a Man 24 ENGLISH VERSIONS OF ROMAN SATIRE.
... shows , however , the real situation was more complex . We have to avoid the careless assumption that the middle ... show Compassion to those , who are honestly Unfor- tunate ? Such a Man , if such a Man 24 ENGLISH VERSIONS OF ROMAN SATIRE.
Page 31
... show the Advocate was no worse than other contemporary political satirists . The basic plan of the poem , how- ever ... shows us that early in the eighteenth century even very minor poets knew how to adapt a Roman satire to the ...
... show the Advocate was no worse than other contemporary political satirists . The basic plan of the poem , how- ever ... shows us that early in the eighteenth century even very minor poets knew how to adapt a Roman satire to the ...
Page 35
... shows that a universally admired figure is the model for his behaviour . 1 1 Straightforward satiric parody of a classical model is relatively sim- ple ; in " Part of the Seventh Epistle of the First Book of Horace Imi- tated " ( 1713 ) ...
... shows that a universally admired figure is the model for his behaviour . 1 1 Straightforward satiric parody of a classical model is relatively sim- ple ; in " Part of the Seventh Epistle of the First Book of Horace Imi- tated " ( 1713 ) ...
Page 43
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Page 45
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Contents
23 | |
32 | |
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 |
255 | |
265 | |
Other editions - View all
English Versions of Roman Satire in the Earlier Eighteenth Century William Kupersmith No preview available - 2007 |
Common terms and phrases
Alexander Pope allusions appeared Augustus become better called cause century Charles classical common contemporary course court critical discuss early edition eighteenth eighteenth-century England English Epistle example Fielding follow George give hope Horace's Horatian Human Wishes Imitations of Horace James John Johnson Juvenal Juvenal's kind King later Latin least leave literary literature living London Lord Maecenas mind moral never offered opening original Oxford passage patron perhaps Persius person poem poet poetic poetry political Pope Pope's Pope's Imitation published quoted readers refers remarks Robert Roman Rome Samuel satire satirist scarcely seems shows Smart suggests Swift taste tell thought tion Tiresias translation true turn University Press usual Vanity of Human verse Walpole write young