Satire and Secrecy in English Liter - E-book

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Satire And Secrecy In English Literature From 1650 To 1750 - ENG

M. Rabb

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ISBN:	9780230609976
Formato:	Page Fidelity
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Springer Nature
Tema:	Ficción
Subtema:	Ficción
Año de publicación:	2007-12-09

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. Although Habermas places satirists like Swift and Pope in the public sphere, this book investigates their participation in clandestine strategies of attack in a world understood to be harboring dangerous secrets. Authors of anonymous pamphlets as well as major figures including Behn, Dryden, Manley, Swift, and Pope, share at times what Swift called the writers "life by stealth."

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