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The Practice of Satire in England, 1658-1770 (Paperback)
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The Practice of Satire in England, 1658-1770 (Paperback)
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Outstanding Academic Title, Choice In The Practice of Satire in
England, 1658-1770, Ashley Marshall explores how satire was
conceived and understood by writers and readers of the period. Her
account is based on a reading of some 3,000 works, ranging from
one-page squibs to novels. The objective is not to recuperate
particular minor works but to recover the satiric milieu-to
resituate the masterpieces amid the hundreds of other works
alongside which they were originally written and read. The long
eighteenth century is generally hailed as the great age of satire,
and as such, it has received much critical attention. However,
scholars have focused almost exclusively on a small number of
canonical works, such as Gulliver's Travels and The Dunciad, and
have not looked for continuity over time. Marshall revises the
standard account of eighteenth-century satire, revealing it to be
messy, confused, and discontinuous, exhibiting radical and rapid
changes over time. The true history of satire in its great age is
not a history at all. Rather, it is a collection of episodic little
histories.
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