Includes bibliographical references (p. [305] - 360) and index.
Contents:
From Menippus the Gadaranean to Varro the Roman -- Petronius, Seneca, and Julian -- From Lucian the Debunker to Lucian the Blusher : revolution in the Menippean dialogues of the dead -- Changes : Menippus Redivivus, Menippus Idem, Menippus Sensus -- The preeminence of weeds : Swift's A tale of a tub and its parts -- A tale of a tub : "leze-majesté" and further joining -- Falling into the pit : A tale in its volume : The battle of the books and The mechanical operation of the spirit -- A tale of two cultures : Boileau's Art poétique in France and England -- Pope's Menippean essay on criticism -- Pope's Dunciad, Smithfield royalty, and subjects of disputation -- The Dunciad as notable poem -- Clarissa, Elias Brand, and death by parentheses.
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