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... satiric mask Hall created a foul - mouthed and caustic persona of a railing cynic . It was this manner which remained an influence on English satire until the late 1670s , when Rochester and Dryden created finer , sophisticated methods ...
... satiric mask Hall created a foul - mouthed and caustic persona of a railing cynic . It was this manner which remained an influence on English satire until the late 1670s , when Rochester and Dryden created finer , sophisticated methods ...
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... satiric topics and character types , was imitated from the Roman satirist Persius ( AD 34-62 ) , from Juvenal and the epigrams of Martial . The new satire of the late 1590s , besides being ruthless , raucous and obscure , uses an ...
... satiric topics and character types , was imitated from the Roman satirist Persius ( AD 34-62 ) , from Juvenal and the epigrams of Martial . The new satire of the late 1590s , besides being ruthless , raucous and obscure , uses an ...
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... Satire ( 1682 ) demonstrates the strong influence of the French writer on the evolution of Restoration satire from indignant vituperation to a civilised Horatian manner : But sillier man , in his mistaken way , By reason , his false ...
... Satire ( 1682 ) demonstrates the strong influence of the French writer on the evolution of Restoration satire from indignant vituperation to a civilised Horatian manner : But sillier man , in his mistaken way , By reason , his false ...
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