عنوان

Slavery and Augustan literature :

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0203495748

(Number (ISBN

0415312868

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0415758564

(Number (ISBN

1134381352

(Number (ISBN

1134381395

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1134381409

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9780203495742

(Number (ISBN

9780415312868

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9780415758567

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9781134381357

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9781134381395

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9781134381401

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b746298

Title Proper

Slavery and Augustan literature :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

Swift, Pope, Gay /

First Statement of Responsibility

John Richardson.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Routledge,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2004.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

viii, 187 pages ;

Dimensions

24 cm.

Series Title

Routledge studies in eighteenth-century literature ;

Volume Designation

2

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-181) and index.

Text of Note

"Slavery 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 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 the attitudes towards slavery in Pope's Horatian poems, and An Essay on Man, Gay's Polly, and Swift's A Modest Proposal and Gulliver's Travels. John Richardson shows how, despite differences, Swift, Pope and Gay adopt a mixed position of admiration for freedom alongside implicit support for slavery." "Slavery and Augustan Literature provides valuable insights into eighteenth-century attitudes towards slavery, and the relation of literature to society. It also offers new readings of major Augustan texts and will be of essential interest to students and researchers of eighteenth-century literature."--Jacket.

Augustus,63 B.C.-14 A.D.-- Influence.

Gay, John,1685-1732-- Political and social views.

Pope, Alexander,1688-1744-- Political and social views.

Swift, Jonathan,1667-1745-- Political and social views.

Augustus,63 B.C.-14 A.D

Gay, John,1685-1732

Pope, Alexander,1688-1744

Swift, Jonathan,1667-1745

English literature-- 18th century-- History and criticism.

Slave trade-- Great Britain-- History-- 18th century.

Slave trade in literature.

Slavery-- Great Britain-- History-- 18th century.

Slavery in literature.

English literature.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)

Political and social views.

Slave trade in literature.

Slave trade.

Slavery in literature.

Slavery.

Great Britain.

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Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Richardson, J. A., (John A.),1956-

Date of Transaction

20201204062839.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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