Augustan Vision

<p>First published in 1974, <i>The Augustan Vision </i>looks at the entire spectacle of Augustan Society in an attempt to see English culture as a whole and thus gain greater insight into this critical period in English Literature. Later parts of the book explore poetry, drama, and aesthetics; that distinctive expression of the age, satire, where abuse is made into art, and the moral essay; and finally, the emerging novel, the crucial new form of this period. This is a must read for students and researchers of English literature. </p> <p><i>Introduction </i><b>Part I: Landscape of the Age 1. </b>The Shape of Society<b> 2. </b>Elites and Oligarchies <b>3. </b>Ideas and Beliefs<b> 4. </b>Pleasures of the Imagination<b> 5. </b>The Dress of Thought<b> 6. </b>Communications<b> 7. </b>Roles and Identities<b> 8. </b>Books and Readers<b> 9. </b>Men, Women and Sex<b> 10. </b>Undercurrents<b> Part II: The New Design: Poetry, Drama, Letters 11. </b>Turn of the Century<b> 12. </b>The Widening Vista<b> 13. </b>Sensibility<b> 14. </b>The Letter-Writers<b> 15. </b>Drama <b>Part III: Parables of Society: Satire and the Moral Essay 16. </b>The Satiric Inheritance<b> 17. </b>Swift<b> 18. </b>Pope <b>19. </b>Gay and Scriblerian Comedy<b> 20. </b>Dr Johnson<b> Part IV: Tables and Confessions: The Novel 21. </b>Origins of an Art Form<b> 22. </b>Defoe<b> 23. </b>Richardson<b> 24. </b>Fielding<b> 25. </b>Sterne and Smollett<b> </b><i>Notes and References Reading List Index </i></p>