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Author Farley-Hills, David.

Title The benevolence of laughter: comic poetry of the Commonwealth and Restoration.

Publication Info. [Totowa, N.J.] : Rowman and Littlefield, [1974]

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 Moore Stacks  PR549.C6 F3    Available  ---
Description viii, 212 pages ; 23 cm
Note Based on the author's thesis, Oxford.
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 202-206.
Contents Introduction: the benevolence of laughter -- Comic poetry of the Commonwealth -- Hudibras -- Last instruction to a painter -- John Dryden -- John Wilmot, earl of Rochester -- Rochester: the major satires -- Conclusion.
Subject English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.
Humorous poetry, English -- History and criticism.
Humorous poetry, English.
Great Britain -- History -- Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660.
Great Britain -- History -- Restoration, 1660-1688.
Comic, The.
Comic, The.
Other Form: Online version: Farley-Hills, David. Benevolence of laughter: comic poetry of the Commonwealth and Restoration. [Totowa, N.J.] Rowman and Littlefield [1974] (OCoLC)613952254
ISBN 0874715024
9780874715026