02786nam 2200685 450 991080865230332120230617004859.00-19-772552-X1-280-50232-01-4237-6293-20-19-803534-91-60256-976-2(CKB)1000000000363031(EBL)279716(OCoLC)191038697(SSID)ssj0000212459(PQKBManifestationID)12021275(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000212459(PQKBWorkID)10137897(PQKB)10777578(Au-PeEL)EBL4702472(CaPaEBR)ebr11273580(CaONFJC)MIL50232(OCoLC)65216675(MiAaPQ)EBC4702472(EXLCZ)99100000000036303120161012h20032003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNothing to admire the politics of poetic satire from Dryden to Merrill /Christopher YuOxford, [England] ;New York, New York :Oxford University Press,2003.©20031 online resource (230 p.)Includes index.0-19-515530-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-211) and index.Contents; Introduction; 1. Satura Redux: Dryden and the Augustan Ideal; 2. Arm'd for Virtue: Pope as Cultural Liberal; 3. Byron, Laughter, and Legitimation; 4. Auden in the Polis of the Absurd; 5. Imbued with Otherness: Merrill's Mock-Epics of Desire; Notes; IndexThis work argues for the persistence of a central tradition of poetic satire in English that extends from Restoration England to present-day America. The tradition is seen as rooted in the uses of Augustan metaphor to criticize the abuse of social and political power and to promote freedom of mind.Verse satire, AmericanHistory and criticismPolitical poetry, AmericanHistory and criticismPolitics and literatureEnglish-speaking countriesPolitical poetry, EnglishHistory and criticismVerse satire, EnglishHistory and criticismVerse satire, AmericanHistory and criticism.Political poetry, AmericanHistory and criticism.Politics and literaturePolitical poetry, EnglishHistory and criticism.Verse satire, EnglishHistory and criticism.821.009358Yu Christopher1966-1694154MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808652303321Nothing to admire4072510UNINA