English literature in the early eighteenth century, 1700-1740
1968, Third Edition. Oxford : Clarendon Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #430971
Physical description; 701 pages ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 586-696). Contentss; The background : Social ; The ethos -- Defoe to 1710 -- Swift to 1709 -- Essayists and controversialists : Steele ; Swift, Defoe, Arbuthnot ; Addison -- Poetry : Introductory ; Some forms ; Some poets -- Pope to 1725 -- The drama -- The philosophers -- Critics and aestheticians -- Letters, memoirs, travel; historians and antiquaries -- Defoe, 1715-1731 : The miscellaneous writer ; Defoe and the novel -- Swift, 1715-2745 : The Irish patriot ; Gulliver's Travels ; The final phase: poetry -- Poetry, 1720-1740 : Thomson ; Scientific verse ; Various trends -- Pope, 1725-1744. Subjects; 1700-1799. English literature 18th century History and criticism. English literature 1700-1800. English literature 18th century ; Bibliography. English literature 1702-1745 Critical studies. English literature 18th century History. English literature critical studies.
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