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Page 57
... satire in previous English literature , but none in which the central out- put of the dominant literary figures was of this character . Augustan satire is also different in kind from earlier varieties . The satire in Lang- land's Piers ...
... satire in previous English literature , but none in which the central out- put of the dominant literary figures was of this character . Augustan satire is also different in kind from earlier varieties . The satire in Lang- land's Piers ...
Page 60
... satire . MacFlecknoe ( written c . 1678 , pub . 1682 ) , his lampoon on Shadwell , is all creation and no signifi- cance : Shadwell is metamorphosed into a fantastic comic figure – A Tun of Man in thy Large bulk is writ , But sure thou ...
... satire . MacFlecknoe ( written c . 1678 , pub . 1682 ) , his lampoon on Shadwell , is all creation and no signifi- cance : Shadwell is metamorphosed into a fantastic comic figure – A Tun of Man in thy Large bulk is writ , But sure thou ...
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... satires explicit on the subject . In fact , he refuses any kind of a priori valuation or point of view : like Kingsley's Mother Carey , he makes us make ourselves . The skill of Swift's satire lies in his ability to transmit to us the ...
... satires explicit on the subject . In fact , he refuses any kind of a priori valuation or point of view : like Kingsley's Mother Carey , he makes us make ourselves . The skill of Swift's satire lies in his ability to transmit to us the ...
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