Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-183) and index.
Contents:
The critical context -- Travels with the pen performer -- "Everything is true that is honoured" -- "Gleanings from the shores of Mytilene" : parody, pastiche and the almanack -- Dying to be an individual -- "'Only the scorned and the ridiculous make good stories'" -- "The fadged up ends of discontent".
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