Slavery and Augustan Literature: Swift, Pope and Gay

By John Richardson

Book Overview

This book investigates slavery in the work of Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope and John Gay. These writers were connected with a Tory ministry, which attempted to increase the English share of the international slave trade.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415758564
• ISBN13: 9780415758567
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"