Ridiculous critics : Augustan Mockery of critical judgment / / edited by Philip Smallwood and Min Wild

• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : Bucknell University Press, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (267 p.)
• Disciplina: 801/.950941
• Soggetto topico: Criticism - Great Britain - History - 18th century; English literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc
• Persona (resp. second.): SmallwoodPhilip; WildMin
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; Part I: LAUGHING WITH REASON; Part II: THE LANGUAGE AND APPEARANCE OF RIDICULE; Part III: LEGACIES OF RIDICULE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; CONTRIBUTORS
• Sommario/riassunto: <span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Ridiculous Critics </span><span>offers an outline of eighteenth-century literary criticism that undermines its stuffy reputation. This history highlights the contempt, jocularity, irony, and buffoonery that also make up its critical spirit, with passages from critics, poets, novelists, and literary commentators celebrated and obscure. </span></span><br /><span><span> </span></span>
• Titolo autorizzato: Ridiculous critics
• ISBN: 1-61148-616-5; 1-61148-615-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787176803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II