The Eighteenth-Century Mock-Heroic Poem

by Ulrich Broich

Book Overview

Mock-heroic poetry is one of the most characteristic genres of English neoclassicism in the eighteenth century, including not only masterpieces such as Pope's The Rape of the Lock and The Dunciad, but also numerous minor poems. This book is the first comprehensive study of the theory, the conventions, and the history of the mock-heroic genre. Broich first shows how mock-heroic poetry combines the characteristics of various discourses--epic, comedy,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521144906
• ISBN13: 9780521144902
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"