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9780754606239

Mock-Heroic from Butler to Cowper: An English Genre and Discourse

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  • ISBN13:

    9780754606239

  • ISBN10:

    0754606236

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2005-03-28
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

Mock-Heroic from Butler to Cowper explores the protean nature of mock-epic in the English Augustan era. It recounts the rise of mock-heroic, and explores its relation both to classical epic and to contemporary genres such as the poetic travesty and the novel. Terry goes beyond previous commentators in arguing that mock-heroic was not merely a conventional genre, but also provided a supple discourse through which writers could represent a range of personal and social issues. He discovers mock-heroic properties, for example, in the Mandevillian discourse of economics and in the rhetoric of male gallantry towards women. Mixing a historical approach with incisive close readings, Terry provides a powerful re-evaluation of the form.

Author Biography

Richard Terry is Reader in English Literature at the University of Sunderland, UK.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vi
General Editor's Preface vii
Introduction 1(10)
1. Mock-Heroic in the English Augustan Era 11(26)
2. Butler's Hudibras: Heroic Impertinence 37(20)
3. Blackmore and the Low Sublime 57(26)
4. Mock-Heroic and Luxury: The Heroi-Comical Poem 83(24)
5. Mock-Heroic and Gallantry: Pope's Rape of the Lock 107(20)
6. The Rhetoric of Augustan Mockery 127(26)
7. Mock-Heroic and Grace: The Case of Cowper 153(18)
8. On Laughter and Ludicrous Composition 171(22)
Bibliography 193(10)
Index 203

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