First published in 1972, this is the first detailed study of the milieu of the eighteenth-century literary hack and its significance in Augustan literature. With detailed studies of a number of key authors, as well as the modern and metaphorical development of the term 'Grub Street', this book offers comprehensive insight into the nature of Augustan literature and the social conditions and concerns that inspired it.
First published in 1972, this is the first detailed study of the milieu of the eighteenth-century literary hack and its significance in Augustan literature. With detailed studies of a number of key authors, as well as the modern and metaphorical development of the term 'Grub Street', this book offers comprehensive insight into the nature of Augustan literature and the social conditions and concerns that inspired it.
Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction: The Topography of Dulness 1. The Suburban Muse 2. The Plagues of Dulness 3. The Criteria of Duncehood 4. Swift and the Scribbler 5. Life Studies 6. The Grub Street Myth Appendix A: Evidence from the Rate-Books Appendix B: The Trades of Grub Street Appendix C: A Grub Street Ode Index
Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction: The Topography of Dulness 1. The Suburban Muse 2. The Plagues of Dulness 3. The Criteria of Duncehood 4. Swift and the Scribbler 5. Life Studies 6. The Grub Street Myth Appendix A: Evidence from the Rate-Books Appendix B: The Trades of Grub Street Appendix C: A Grub Street Ode Index
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