Skip to content
Paperback Satire and Sentiment 1660-1830: Stress Points in the English Augustan Tradition Book

ISBN: 0300079168

ISBN13: 9780300079166

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

Select Format

Select Condition ThriftBooks Help Icon

Recommended

Format: Paperback

Temporarily Unavailable

We receive fewer than 1 copy every 6 months.

Book Overview

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...

Customer Reviews

0 rating
Copyright © 2023 Thriftbooks.com Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information | Cookie Policy | Cookie Preferences | Accessibility Statement
ThriftBooks® and the ThriftBooks® logo are registered trademarks of Thrift Books Global, LLC
GoDaddy Verified and Secured