Title: Satire and Secrecy in English Literature from 1650 to 1750
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.
Subjects: Intellectual life, English literature, Secrecy in literature, Satire, History and criticism, English literature, history and criticism, early modern, 1500-1700, English literature, history and criticism, 18th century, Great britain, intellectual life, LITERARY CRITICISM, European, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literature, Early modern