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By Moyra Haslett

This ebook defines literature of the eighteenth century as a literature written and obtained as public dialog. Moyra Haslett discusses and demanding situations traditional methods of examining the interval, really in terms of rules of the general public sphere. Key texts (including The Dunciad, Gulliver's Travels and Pamela) are learn throughout the context in their imitations and counter-fictions, and the recent genres of the periodical, released letters and the radical are mentioned as textual equivalents of coterie culture.

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