Author: ELKIN, P.K.
Title: The Augustan Defence of Satire.
Description: Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1973. Ex college library. "Professor Elkin has gathered together the opinions of Dryden, Swift, Pope, Johnson, and their contemporaries, on the nature and function of satire; and he has examined this body of opinion with a view to increasing our understanding of satire generally and of certain of the classics of English satirical writing." Pp.10/227, inkstamps to endpapers and title page, scuff to ffep. Black cloth, d/w. VG/VG.

Keywords: Elkin Augustan Defence Satire Black Humour Politics Political Comedy Satirical History 31626 Literature: : Literature


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