Arguments of Augustan Wit

(Part of the Cambridge Studies in Eighteenth-Century English Literature and Thought Series)

by John E. Sitter

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Comic and satiric literature from the 1670s to the 1740s is characterized by the allusive and elusive word play of Augustan wit. The arguments of Augustan wit reveal preoccupations with the metaphorical dimension of language so distrusted by Locke and others who saw it as fundamentally opposed to the rational mode of judgement. John Sitter makes a challenging claim for the importance of wit in the writings of Dryden, Rochester, Prior, Berkeley, Gay,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521044553

ISBN13:9780521044554

Release Date:October 2007

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:204 Pages

Weight:0.67 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

17th Century Criticism & Theory Europe History & Criticism Humor Humor & Entertainment Humor & Satire Humorous Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Wales

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