Mock-Epic Poetry from Pope to Heine

Mock-Epic Poetry from Pope to Heine

by RitchieRobertson (Author)

Synopsis

A study of eighteenth- and early nineteeenth-century poetry in English, French and German, focusing on the mock epic (from Pope's Dunciad to Byron's Don Juan) as a critique of serious epic poetry and also as a literary means of exploring a wide range of sexual and religious issues in a humorous style.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 448
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 12 Nov 2009

ISBN 10: 0199571589
ISBN 13: 9780199571581