Designs on truth : the poetics of the Augustan mock-epic
1992, First Edition. University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #419567
ISBN: 0271008059
Physical description; xxii, 228 pages ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-217) and index. Contents; A Note on the Text of The Dispensary. 1. Introduction: Moralizing the Song -- Pt. I. Figures of the City. 2. Naming Names. 3. "Dullness by Its Proper Name" 4. Urban Gravitation. 5. Ranging Afield -- Pt. II. The Figure in the Portrait. 6. From Caricature to Portraiture. 7. "Dishonourable Confederacies" 8. A Taxonomy of Dunces. 9. A Succession of Monarchs. Subjects; Augustus Emperor of Rome 63 B.C.-14 A.D. Influence. English poetry 18th century History and criticism. Mock-heroic literature History and criticism. Epic poetry, English History and criticism. English poetry Roman influences. Poetics History 18th century. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.). Rhetoric ; Early works to 1800.
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