LEADER 03095nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910813517003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-315-57197-8 010 $a1-317-16642-6 010 $a1-317-16641-8 010 $a1-281-18964-2 010 $a9786611189648 010 $a0-7546-8217-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000401223 035 $a(EBL)438988 035 $a(OCoLC)244655960 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000121973 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11129555 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000121973 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10121889 035 $a(PQKB)10392568 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL438988 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10215607 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL924822 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5293328 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL118964 035 $a(OCoLC)1021083475 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC438988 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5293328 035 $a(OCoLC)1228613719 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB158658 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000401223 100 $a20070924d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aChristopher Smart and satire $e'Mary Midnight' and the midwife /$fby Min Wild 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAldershot, England ;$aBurlington, VT $cAshgate$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (240 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7546-6193-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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; Index 330 $aMin 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 transformed 606 $aSatire, English$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish periodicals$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aEngland$xIntellectual life$y18th century 615 0$aSatire, English$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish periodicals$xHistory 676 $a821/.6 700 $aWild$b Min$01705022 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813517003321 996 $aChristopher Smart and satire$94091408 997 $aUNINA