Satire and secrecy in English literature from 1650 to 1750 /

Satire and secrecy in English literature from 1650 to 1750 /

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Author / Creator:	Rabb, Melinda Alliker.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Description:	235 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism. English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism. Satire. Secrecy in literature. English literature. English literature -- Early modern. Intellectual life. Satire. Secrecy in literature. Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 17th century. Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th century. Great Britain. Satirical literature. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6663581

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ISBN:	1403984344 (alk. paper) 9781403984340 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-224) and index.

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Summary:	This book revises assumptions about satire as a public, masculine discourse derived from classical precedents, in order to develop theoretical and critical paradigms that accommodate women, popular culture, and postmodern theories of language as a potentially aggressive, injurious act. Although Habermas places satirists like Swift and Pope in the public sphere, this book investigates their participation in clandestine strategies of attack in a world understood to be harboring dangerous secrets. Authors of anonymous pamphlets as well as major figures including Behn, Dryden, Manley, Swift, and Pope, share at times what Swift called the writer's "life by stealth."
Physical Description:	235 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-224) and index.
ISBN:	1403984344 9781403984340