Pope’s war with the dunces: mapping the public in early eighteenth-century britain
Auteur :
Baird, Ileana
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9781041173557
Date de publication :
13 avr. 2026
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book examines Alexander Pope’s Dunciad, focusing on the role played by cultural periphery (what Pope called “duncesâ€) in launching new fashions and ideological trends. In this way, Baird sheds new light on publicness as an emerging category at the beginning of the eighteenth century.