Pope to Burney, 1714-1779: Scriblerians to Bluestockings

By Moyra Haslett

This essential guide defines literature of the eighteenth century as a literature written and received as public conversation. Moyra Haslett discusses and challenges conventional ways of reading the period, particularly in relation to notions of the public sphere. In her wide-ranging study, Haslett reads key texts - including The Dunciad, Gulliver's Travels and Pamela - in their literary and cultural contexts, and examines such genres as the periodical, the familiar letter, the verse epistle and the novel as textual equivalents of coterie culture.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333696115
• ISBN13: 9780333696118
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.5"