03032nam 2200661Ia 450 991045895900332120200520144314.01-317-16642-61-317-16641-81-281-18964-297866111896480-7546-8217-X(CKB)1000000000401223(EBL)438988(OCoLC)244655960(SSID)ssj0000121973(PQKBManifestationID)11129555(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000121973(PQKBWorkID)10121889(PQKB)10392568(MiAaPQ)EBC438988(MiAaPQ)EBC5293328(Au-PeEL)EBL438988(CaPaEBR)ebr10215607(CaONFJC)MIL924822(Au-PeEL)EBL5293328(CaONFJC)MIL118964(OCoLC)1021083475(EXLCZ)99100000000040122320070924d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrChristopher Smart and satire[electronic resource] 'Mary Midnight' and the midwife /by Min WildAldershot, England ;Burlington, VT Ashgatec20081 online resource (240 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7546-6193-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Personal Identity and Personae in the Eighteenth-Century Periodical; 2 'The Jakes of Genius': The Nature of the Midwife; 3 A 'Terrible Old Lady': The Persona of 'Mary Midnight'; 4 'A Perfect Swiss in Writing': Literature and Authorship in the Midwife; 5 'Inwardly Working a Stirre to the Mynde': Political Satire in the Midwife; 6 The 'Kind Juggler': Social Satire and Enlightenment in the Midwife; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Bibliography; IndexMin Wild explores the idiosyncratic world of satire in the eighteenth-century periodical, focusing on Christopher Smart's underexplored Midwife, or Old Woman's Magazine. In analysing Smart's adoption of a peculiarly female persona, 'Mary Midnight', Wild reveals a learned and ribald wit satirically engaging with questions of gender, politics, and culture. Wild also offers insight into the difficult position in which eighteenth-century writers found themselves as ideas on the nature of authorship were being transformedSatire, EnglishHistory and criticismEnglish periodicalsHistory18th centuryEnglandIntellectual life18th centuryElectronic books.Satire, EnglishHistory and criticism.English periodicalsHistory821/.6Wild Min863599MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458959003321Christopher Smart and satire1927548UNINA