At Zero Point : Discourse, Culture, and Satire in Restoration England.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (216 pages)
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. "From Words to Experimental Philosophy": Language and Logic at Restoration Zero Point -- 2. The Semiotics of Restoration Deconstructive Satire -- 3. No "I" and No "Eye -- I. "Author," "Speaker," "Character" in Restoration Deconstructive Satire -- II. Not Him: Oldham's "Aude aliquid. Ode -- III. Not Them: Wycherley's The Plain Dealer -- IV. No-One, No-Place, No-Thing: Swift's Tale of a Tub -- 4. Genders, Sexualities, and Discourse at Restoration Zero Point -- 5. The Discursively Central "I" and the Telescope of Discourse -- I. "The Proper Study of Mankind is M(E) -- II. Ordered and Ordering: The NewTheory of Satire -- III. Satiric Discourse and the Sacred Nation -- IV. The "Other" End of the Telescope -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.
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Satire, English -- History and criticism. English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism. Semiotics and literature -- England -- History -- 17th century. Language and culture -- England -- History -- 17th century. Great Britain -- History -- Restoration, 1660-1688.