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The Triumph of Augustan Poetics

English Literary Culture from Butler to Johnson

The Triumph of Augustan Poetics( )
Author: Parker, Blanford
Contribution by: Erskine-Hill, Howard
Richetti, John
Series title:Cambridge Studies in Eighteenth-Century English Literature and Thought Ser.
ISBN:978-0-521-59088-4
Publication Date:Jun 1998
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $103.00
Book Description:

This book offers an important re-evaluation of the transition from Baroque to Augustan in English literature. Analysing works by Butler, Pope, Thomson, Johnson, and many others, Blanford Parker's account explains the origins of Augustan satire, its momentous departure from earlier models, and the subsequent creation of a new poetry of nature and everyday life.



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