The practice of satire in England, 1658-1770 / Ashley Marshall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marshall, Ashley.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Satire, English--History and criticism.

Satire, English.

English literature--18th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

English literature--17th century--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (451 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Rather, it is a collection of episodic little histories.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""A Note on Texts, Dates, and Money""; ""CHAPTER 1 Canonical and Noncanonical Satire, 1658�1770: Some Questions of Definition, Aims, and Method""; ""I. The “Definition� Quagmire and the Problem of Descriptive Terminology""; ""II. Genre versus Mode""; ""III. The Modern Critical Canon and Its Implications""; ""IV. The Total Satire Canon and Its Economic Context""; ""The Production of Satire in England, 1658�1770""; ""Price, Format, Dissemination, and Implied Audiences""; ""V. Some Issues of Coverage and Organization""

""VI. The Uses of a Taxonomic Methodology""""The Varieties of Satire""; ""Forecasting Some Conclusions""; ""The Nature of the Enterprise""; ""CHAPTER 2 Contemporary Views on Satire, 1658�1770""; ""I. Concepts of Satire""; ""“Satire�: Etymology and Terminology""; ""Definition by Contrast""; ""II. The Business of Satire""; ""The Opposition to Satire""; ""The Case for Satire""; ""III. The Practice and Province of Satire""; ""Acceptable and Problematical Satiric Methods""; ""Appropriate and Inappropriate Satiric Targets""; ""IV. Characterizing the Satirist""

""V. Perceptions of Eighteenth-Century Satire Then and Now""""CHAPTER 3 Satire in the Carolean Period""; ""I. Some Preliminary Considerations: Realities Versus Assumptions""; ""II. Dryden, Rochester, Buckingham""; ""Carolean Dryden: Lampoonist, Social Commentator, Propagandist""; ""Rochester: Skeptical, Provocative, Negative""; ""Buckingham�s Purposive Satire""; ""III. Marvell, Ayloffe, Oldham""; ""Marvell as Polemical Satirist""; ""Ayloffe�s Antimonarchical Diatribes""; ""Oldham�s Juvenalian Performances""; ""IV. Hudibras and Other Camouflage Satires""

""V. Personal and Social Satire: From Lampoons to Otway and Lee""""VI. Chronological Change, 1658�1685""; ""VII. Issues: Satiric Intensity, Tone, Positives�and the Problem of Application""; ""Intensity""; ""Tone""; ""Presentation of Positives""; ""The Problem of Application""; ""VIII. The Discontinuous World of Carolean Satire""; ""CHAPTER 4 Beyond Carolean: Satire at the End of the Seventeenth Century""; ""I. Altered Circumstances""; ""II. Dryden as Satirist, 1685�1700""; ""III. Poetic Satire""; ""Tutchin, Defoe, and Political Satire""; ""Gould and Defamatory Satire""

""Garth and Blackmore""""Brown, Ward, and Commercial Satire""; ""IV. Dramatic Satire""; ""Shadwell and Exemplary Comedy""; ""Mitigated Satire: Cibber, Vanbrugh, Farquhar""; ""Harsh Social Satire: Congreve and Southerne""; ""V. The State of Satire Ca. 1700""; ""CHAPTER 5 Defoe, Swift, and New Varieties of Satire, 1700�1725""; ""I. Defoe as Satirist""; ""Attack and Defense""; ""Instruction and Direct Warning (Aimed at the Audience)""; ""Indirect Exposure and Discomfiture""; ""II. Religious and Political Satire""; ""Topical Controversy""; ""Monitory Satire in the Manner of Defoe""

""Ideological Argumentation: Dunton, Defoe, and Others""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-409) and index.

ISBN:

1-4214-0817-1

OCLC:

867739504