TY - BOOK AU - Zimbardo,Rose A. TI - At Zero Point: Discourse, Culture, and Satire in Restoration England SN - 9780813158587 AV - PR934.Z56 1998eb U1 - 827/.409 PY - 1998/// CY - Lexington PB - University Press of Kentucky KW - Satire, English -- History and criticism KW - English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism KW - Semiotics and literature -- England -- History -- 17th century KW - Language and culture -- England -- History -- 17th century KW - Great Britain -- History -- Restoration, 1660-1688 KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1915377 ER -