Parodies of the Romantic Age Vol 1: Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin and Other Parodic Writings

by Graeme Stones, John Strachan

Overview

This volume collects together a wealth of material ranging from verse parodies originally published in pamphlet form, to longer works such as P.G. Patmore's parodies of the works of Byron, Lamb and Hazlitt.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138755895
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/01/1998
Pages:	414
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements page — General Introduction — Introduction to The Anti-Jacobin — Table of Attributions — Abbreviations — Introductory note to Prospectus to The Anti-Jacobin — Prospectus to The Anti-Jacobin — Introductory note to Issue I — Issue I Introduction — Inscription for the Apartment in Chepstow Castle, where Henry Marten, the Regicide, was imprisoned thirty years — Inscription for the Door of the Cell in Newgate, where Mrs. Browning, the Prentice-cide, was confined previous to her execution — Introductory note to Issue II — Issue II The Friend of Humanity and the Knife-Grinder — Introductory note to Issue III — Issue III The Invasion; or the British War Song — Introductory note to Issue IV — Issue IV La Sainte Guillotine: a New Song, attempted from the French — Meeting of the Friends of Freedom — Introductory note to Issue V — Issue V The Soldier's Friend — Sonnet to Liberty — Introductory note to Issue VI — Issue VI Quintessence of all the Dactylics that ever were, or ever will be published — Latin Verses, written immediately after the Revolution of the Fourth of September — Letter from a Lady — Introductory note to Issue VII — Issue VII Translation of the Latin Verses in Issue VI — Introductory note to Issue VIII — Issue VIII The Choice; imitated from the Battle of Sabla, in Carlyle's Specimens of Arabian Poetry — The Duke and the Taxing Man — Epigram on the Paris Loan, called the Loan upon England — Introductory note to Issue IX — Issue IX Ode to Anarchy — Song, recommended to be sung at all convivial Meetings, convened for the purpose of opposing the Assessed Tax Bill — Introductory note to Issue X — IssueXLineswrittenatthecloseoftheyear179778 — Translation of the New Song of the Army of England — Introductory note to Issue XI — Issue XI To the Author of the Epistle to the Editors of The Anti-Jacobin — Ode to Lord Moira — Introductory note to Issue XII — Issue XII A Bit of an Ode to Mr. Fox — Mr. Fox's Bir