Parody, Scriblerian Wit and the Rise of the Novel: Parodic Textuality from Pope to Sterne

ISBN-13: 9783631681220 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 276 str.

Przemyslaw Uscinski

Opis

This book examines the role of parody in the English poetry and prose of the eighteenth century. It focuses on polyphony, intertextuality and deconstruction in parodic genres, in Alexander Pope's satires and John Gay's mock-pastoral poems. It examines the key role of parody in the novels by Henry Fielding and Laurence Sterne.

Spis treści

Parody - Scriblerian Wit - The Rise of the Novel - English poetry and prose of the eighteenth century - Polyphony - Intertextuality and deconstruction in parodic genres - The mock-epic - Burlesque - Alexander Pope's satires - John Gay's mock-pastoral poems - The novels by Henry Fielding - The novels by Laurence Sterne

O autorze

Przemyslaw Uscinski is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of English Studies, University of Warsaw. He has published articles on British literature, the history of the novel, the aesthetics of parody and translation. He has been teaching courses in Literary and Cultural Studies, British Literature and Translation Studies.