LEADER 03105oam 2200733I 450 001 9910783845003321 005 20230207225125.0 010 $a1-134-38139-5 010 $a0-415-75856-4 010 $a1-134-38140-9 010 $a1-280-07429-9 010 $a0-203-49574-8 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203495742 035 $a(CKB)1000000000253741 035 $a(EBL)182579 035 $a(OCoLC)475896543 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000309612 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11229814 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000309612 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10283487 035 $a(PQKB)10509225 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC182579 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL182579 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10099889 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL7429 035 $a(OCoLC)252926412 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000253741 100 $a20180331d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSlavery and Augustan literature $eSwift, Pope, Gay /$fJohn Richardson 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2004. 215 $a1 online resource (200 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge studies in eighteenth-century literature ;$v2 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-203-34729-3 311 $a0-415-31286-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [173]-181) and index. 327 $aBook 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 330 $aSlavery and Augustan Literature investigates slavery in the work of Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope and John Gay. These three writers were connected with a Tory ministry, which attempted to increase substantially the English share of the international slave trade. They all wrote in support of the treaty that was meant to effect that increase. The book begins with contemporary ideas about slavery, with the Tory ministry years and with texts written during those years. These texts tend to obscure the importance of the slave trade to Tory planning. In its second half, the book analyses th 410 0$aRoutledge studies in eighteenth-century literature ;$v2. 606 $aEnglish literature$y18th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aSlavery in literature 606 $aSlave trade$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aSlavery$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aSlave trade in literature 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aSlavery in literature. 615 0$aSlave trade$xHistory 615 0$aSlavery$xHistory 615 0$aSlave trade in literature. 676 $a820.9/355 676 $a820.9355 700 $aRichardson$b J. A$g(John A.),$f1956,$01543893 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783845003321 996 $aSlavery and Augustan literature$93797641 997 $aUNINA