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BL
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1025497
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b779867
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| Main Entry
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Wild, Min.
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| Title & Author
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Christopher Smart and satire : : 'Mary Midnight' and the Midwife /\ Min Wild.
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| Publication Statement
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Aldershot, England ;Burlington, VT :: Ashgate,, ©2008.
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (231 pages)
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| ISBN
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075468217X
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: 9780754682172
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0754661938
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9780754661931
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-217) and index.
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| Contents
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Personal identity and personae in the eighteenth-century periodical -- 'The jakes of genius' : the nature of the Midwife -- A 'terrible old lady' : the persona of 'Mary Midnight' -- 'A perfect Swiss in writing' : literature and authorship in the Midwife -- 'Inwardly working a stirre to the mynde' : political satire in the Midwife -- The 'kind juggler' : social satire and enlightenment in the Midwife.
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| Abstract
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Min Wild explores the idiosyncratic world of satire in the eighteenth-century periodical, focusing on Christopher Smart's underexplored Midwife, or Old Woman's Magazine. In analysing Smart's adoption of a peculiarly female persona, 'Mary Midnight', Wild reveals a learned and ribald wit satirically engaging with questions of gender, politics, and culture. Wild also offers insight into the difficult position in which eighteenth-century writers found themselves as ideas on the nature of authorship were being transformed.
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Smart, Christopher,1722-1771-- Authorship.
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Smart, Christopher,1722-1771-- Criticism and interpretation.
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Smart, Christopher-- Satire.
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Smart, Christopher,1722-1771
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English periodicals-- History-- 18th century.
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Satire, English-- History and criticism.
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Authorship.
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English periodicals.
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Intellectual life.
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POETRY-- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Satire, English.
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Midwife, or Old woman's magazine (London : 1750-1753)
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Midwife, or Old woman's magazine (London : 1750-1753)
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England, Intellectual life, 18th century.
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England.
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| Dewey Classification
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821/.6
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| LC Classification
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PR3687.S7Z85 2008eb
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