Friendship and Allegiance in Eighteenth-Century Literature [electronic resource] : The Politics of Private Virtue in the Age of Walpole /
Jones, Emrys.author.
Friendship and Allegiance explores the concept of friendship as it was defined, contested and distorted by writers of the early eighteenth century. Setting well-known canonical texts (The Beggar's Opera, Gulliver's Travels) alongside lesser-known works, it portrays a literary world renegotiating the meaning of public and private virtue.
Description based upon print version of record.
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Scriblerian Friendship and Public Crisis""; ""2 Daniel Defoe and South Sea Friendship""; ""3 Lord Hervey and the Limits of Court Whig Pragmatism""; ""4 The Friendly Opposition and Public Life in Pope's Epistle to Bathurst""; ""5 Friendship and the Patriot Prince""; ""6 Friendship and Fable""; ""7 Friendship and Criminality""; ""Epilogue: Friendship and Rural Retreat""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Friendship and Allegiance explores the concept of friendship as it was defined, contested and distorted by writers of the early eighteenth century. Setting well-known canonical texts (The Beggar's Opera, Gulliver's Travels) alongside lesser-known works, it portrays a literary world renegotiating the meaning of public and private virtue.
Literature, Modern.
Fiction.
Literature—Philosophy.
British literature.
Literature, Modern—18th century.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.
Fiction.
Literary Theory.
British and Irish Literature.
Eighteenth-Century Literature.
Cultural Theory.