1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996394443803316

Autore

Parker Henry <1604-1652.>

Titolo

The case of shipmony briefly discoursed, according to the grounds of law, policie, and conscience [[electronic resource] ] : and most humbly presented to the censure and correction of the High Court of Parliament, Nov. 3. 1640

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[London], : Printed [by Elizabeth Purslowe], ann. Dom. 1640

Descrizione fisica

[2], 49, [1] p

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

By Henry Parker.

Printer's name from STC.

Another edition (STC 19216.5) has 30 p.; another edition (STC 19215) has "policy" in title.

Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0113



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910962884103321

Autore

Richardson J. A (John A.), <1956->

Titolo

Slavery and Augustan literature : Swift, Pope, Gay / / John Richardson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2004

ISBN

1-134-38139-5

0-415-75856-4

1-134-38140-9

1-280-07429-9

0-203-49574-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in eighteenth-century literature ; ; 2

Disciplina

820.9/355

820.9355

Soggetti

English literature - 18th century - History and criticism

Slavery in literature

Slave trade - Great Britain - History - 18th century

Slavery - Great Britain - History - 18th century

Slave trade in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-181) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; References and short titles; Introduction; The English and slavery; The Scriblerus Club; Writing the peace; Pope; Gay; Swift; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Slavery and Augustan Literature investigates slavery in the work of Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope and John Gay. These three writers were connected with a Tory ministry, which attempted to increase substantially the English share of the international slave trade. They all wrote in support of the treaty that was meant to effect that increase. The book begins with contemporary ideas about slavery, with the Tory ministry years and with texts written during those years. These texts tend to obscure the importance of the slave trade to Tory planning. In its second half, the book analyses th