Satire and Sentiment 1660-1830: Stress Points in the English Augustan Tradition

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This elegantly written book examines the evolution of satirical writing in the long eighteenth century--from Swift and Pope to Byron, Shelley, and Austen--and the social and cultural changes that conditioned it.

"Rawson is himself an Augustan among critics, expressing worlds of scholarship with a pungent and delightful humanism."--Donald Lyons, New Criterion

"A luxuriant hybrid of keen literary criticism and well-documented...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0300079168

ISBN13:9780300079166

Release Date:April 2000

Publisher:Yale University Press

Length:328 Pages

Weight:1.65 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Related Subjects

Humor Humor & Entertainment Humorous Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections

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