Satire and Secrecy in English Literature from 1650 to 1750
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: December 10, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781403984340
Subjects: Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; 18th century; Early modern, 1500-1700; English literature; History and criticism; Satire
Description: "This book revises assumptions about satire as a public, masculine discourse derived from classical precedents, in order to develop theoretical and critical paradigms that accommodate women, popular culture, and postmodern theories of language as a potentially aggressive, injurious act"--Publisher description.