Extension of the author's thesis--University of Iowa.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Anne and Elizabeth: the poet as historian and painter in Windsor Forest -- "Measures not men": political rhetoric and visual satire, 1720-42 -- Epistle to Bathurst and the South Sea bubble -- "The snarling muse": Pope's Imitations of Horace and political satire in the 1730s -- Politics of education in Dunciad -- After the fall: political satire, 1742-60 -- Writings of history at mid-century -- Charles Churchill and political satire of the early 1760s.