LEADER 03132nam 2200745Ia 450 001 9910962884103321 005 20251116173242.0 010 $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 $a20030512d2004 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 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (200 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge studies in eighteenth-century literature ;$v2 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-203-34729-3 311 08$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-$01881486 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910962884103321 996 $aSlavery and Augustan literature$94496096 997 $aUNINA