English Clandestine Satire, 1660-1702
ISBN13: 9780199255610ISBN10: 019925561X
Hardback,
442 pages
Sep 2004,
In Stock
Price:
$175.00 (06)Description
In the first comprehensive survey of this vast field, Harold Love considers the relationship of the lampoon to gossip, how one might construct a poetics of the genre, and how clandestine satire reached and was received by its readers. Constructing three primary categories of "court," "Town" and "state" lampooning, Love argues that far from being the product of isolated disaffection, most satire was the work of a circle of recognized poets, frequently operating in collaboration. An extensive first-line index to the principal manuscript sources for clandestine satire makes this book an open sesame to further exploration of its fascinating field.Features
- Uniquely illustrates the construction of personal identity in the early modern political sphere.
- Comprehensive coverage of Restoration Stuart Satire presenting vivid images of Stuart life.
Reviews
"Love's winning combination of imaginative critical synthesis and scholarly exactitude makes English Clandestine Satire a likely incitement to important new work for years to come."--Studies in English Literature 1500-1900
"Love offers an illuminating study of 17th-century English lampoon."--Choice
About the Author(s)
Harold Love, Professor, School of Literary, Visual Arts, and Performance Studies, Monash University (Emeritus)
