English Clandestine Satire, 1660-1702

by Harold Love

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199255610
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	10/07/2004
Pages:	350
Product dimensions:	8.60(w) x 5.60(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Monash University (Emeritus)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements1. Introduction2. The Court Lampoon3. The Town Lampoon4. State Satire5. Authorship6. Lampoons and the Culture of Gossip7. A Poetics of the Lampoon8. Distribution and ReadershipBibliography

Editorial 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

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