Satire and Secrecy in English Literature from 1650 to 1750

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"This book revises assumptions about satire as a public, masculine discourse derived from classical precedents, in order to develop theoretical and critical paradigms that accommodate women, popular culture, and postmodern theories of language as a potentially aggressive, injurious act"--Publisher description.

subjects: Intellectual life,  English literature,  Secrecy in literature,  Satire,  History and criticism,  English literature, history and criticism, early modern, 1500-1700,  English literature, history and criticism, 18th century,  Great britain, intellectual life,  LITERARY CRITICISM,  European,  English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,  Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800,  Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers,  Literature,  Early modern