200 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
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Slavery and Augustan Literature investigates slavery in the work of Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope and John Gay. These three writers were connected with a Tory ministry, which attempted to increase substantially the English share of the international slave trade. They all wrote in support of the treaty that was meant to effect that increase. The book begins with contemporary ideas about slavery,... Read more
1. Introduction 2. The English and Slavery 3. The Scriblerus Club 4. Writing the Peace 5. Pope 6. Gay 7. Swift 8. Conclusion
Biography
John Richardson teaches literature at the National University of Singapore. His work on eighteenth-century literature, which has appeared in a number of journals, has been principally concerned with the intersections between politics and literature. He is currently investigating the varied and changing literary representations of war during the long eighteenth century.
