Christopher Smart and satire [[electronic resource] ] : 'Mary Midnight' and the midwife / / by Min Wild
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| Titolo: |
Christopher Smart and satire [[electronic resource] ] : 'Mary Midnight' and the midwife / / by Min Wild
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| Pubblicazione: | Aldershot, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 821/.6 |
| Soggetto topico: | Satire, English - History and criticism |
| English periodicals - History - 18th century | |
| Soggetto geografico: | England Intellectual life 18th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Min 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Christopher Smart and satire |
| ISBN: | 1-317-16642-6 |
| 1-317-16641-8 | |
| 1-281-18964-2 | |
| 9786611189648 | |
| 0-7546-8217-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910458959003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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