Eighteenth Century - Literature of Rationalism

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How can we characterize London of hogarth's day?

As being a city of contrasts

What was the Club in London?

  • The Club was a group of London intellectuals, writers, editors and publishers, who were responsible for the city's intellectual and cultural stimulation.
  • One of its founders, Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) author of the English Dictionary boasted about London: "When a man is tired of London, a man is tired of life".

Who was Alexander pope?

  • Alexander Pope (1688-1744) was an English satirical poet.
  • In Pope's Dunciad (1743) he equates the writers of Grub street with the idiocity of London itself.
  • His most famous poem is the mock epic The Rape of the Lock, where he compares his trivial aristocrat characters with the heroines of Homer's epic Iliad and Odyssey.
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What is a mock epic?

A mock epic is a satiric form, where the writer treats a trivial incident in a heroic manner, as if it were a real epic.

What do you know about Gulliver's Travels?

  • Book by Jonathan Swift.
  • Gulliver goes on 4 adventures.
  • In the book, Swift uses the adventures to satirize the political, social, and academic institutions of his own time and country.

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