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We are obsessed with "barbarians." They are the "not us, " who don't speak our language, or "any language, " whom we despise, fear, invade and kill, for whom we feel compassion, or admiration, and an intense sexual interest, whose innocence or vigor we aspire to, and who have an extraordinary influence on the comportment, and even modes of dress, of our civilized metropolitan lives, whom we often outdo in the barbarism we impute to them, and w...

Originally published in 1985, Order From Confusion Sprung contains reappraisals of the concepts underlying such terms as 'neo-classic' and 'Augustan' in their application to eighteenth-century literature, and comments on prevailing trends in the academic study of the subject in the last two decades.

Originally published in 1972, Henry Fielding and the Augustan Ideal Under Stress, focuses on the various disruptive forces in the literary culture of the Augustan period. His discussion centres on aspects of Fielding¿s writing in relation to Augustan culture and civilization.

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Originally published in 1972, Henry Fielding and the Augustan Ideal Under Stress, focuses on the various disruptive forces in the literary culture of the Augustan period. His discussion centres on aspects of Fielding¿s writing in relation to Augustan culture and civilization.

Explores the impact of the great satirist Jonathan Swift on other writers of the English Augustan tradition.

A wide range of new approaches to Swift's literary and political achievement in its English and Irish contexts.

Essays by twenty-nine leading scholars and critics on the best English poets from Chaucer to Larkin.

This elegantly written book examines the evolution of satirical writing in the long eighteenth century -- from Swift and Pope to Byron, Shelley, and Austen -- and the social and cultural changes that conditioned it.

A study of the brilliant satirist and polemicist Jonathan Swift, by one of the foremost scholars of our time.

A study of the brilliant satirist and polemicist Jonathan Swift, by one of the foremost scholars of our time.

Now best known for three great novels - Tom Jones, Joseph Andrews and Amelia - Henry Fielding (1707–, 1754) was one of the most controversial figures of his time. Prominent first as a playwright, then as a novelist and political journalist, and finally as a justice of peace, Fielding made a substantial contribution to eighteenth-century culture, and was hugely influential in the development of the novel as a form, both in Britain and more...

Now best known for three great novels - Tom Jones, Joseph Andrews and Amelia - Henry Fielding (1707–1754) was one of the most controversial figures of his time. Prominent first as a playwright, then as a novelist and political journalist, and finally as a justice of peace, Fielding made a substantial contribution to eighteenth-century culture, and was hugely influential in the development of the novel as a form, both in Britain and more widely...

This collection, to which many of the world's leading authorities on Fielding have contributed, contains essays on all the major aspects of his work and life, as one of the great early masters of the novel, as England's best-known playwright in his day, as a political journalist and activist, and as a social thinker and magistrate. The important new scholarship assembled in this volume is designed as a tribute to Fielding on the two hundred fi...

This edition is the first to establish a reliable text of the poems of Thomas Parnell (1679-1718). Based on a study of all the available manuscripts, including an extensive collection in the poet's family, and authoritative editions, it more than doubles the number of poems known to be Parnell's and represents the first publication of some of his works.

A wide range of new approaches to Swift's literary and political achievement in its English and Irish contexts.

A comprehensive critical analysis of the most important Shakespearean critics, editors, actors and directors.  This volume focuses on major 17th and 18th century critics and editors of Shakespeare.

Essays by twenty-nine leading scholars and critics on the best English poets from Chaucer to Larkin.