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Author:

Terry, Richard (Richard G.)

Title:

Mock-heroic from Butler to Cowper : an English genre and discourse / Richard Terry.

Publisher:

Ashgate,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

216 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Cowper, William,--1731-1800--Criticism and interpretation.
Butler, Samuel,--1612-1680--Hudibras.
Mock-heroic literature--History and criticism.
English poetry--18th century--History and criticism.
English poetry--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
Verse satire, English--History and criticism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Mock-heroic in the English Augustan era -- Butler's Hudibras: heroic impertinence -- Blackmore and the low sublime -- Mock-heroic and luxury: the heroi-comical poem -- Mock-heroic and gallantry: Pope's Rape of the Lock -- The Rhetoric of Augustan mockery -- Mock-heroic and grace: the case of Cowper -- On laughter and ludicrous composition.

Series:

Studies in early modern English literature

ISBN:

9780754606239 (alk. paper)
0754606236 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)56560686

LCCN:

2004021058

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)