Christopher Smart and satire 'Mary Midnight' and the Midwife

Christopher Smart and satire : 'Mary Midnight' and the Midwife / Min Wild.

Author/creator	Wild, Min
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate,
Description	231 p. ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Smart, Christopher, 1722-1771--Criticism and interpretation. Smart, Christopher, 1722-1771--Authorship. Midwife, or Old woman's magazine (London : 1750-1753) Satire, English--History and criticism. English periodicals--History --18th century. England--Intellectual life --18th century.

Contents	Personal identity and personae in the eighteenth-century periodical -- 'The jakes of genius' : the nature of the Midwife -- A 'terrible old lady' : the persona of 'Mary Midnight' -- 'A perfect Swiss in writing' : literature and authorship in the Midwife -- 'Inwardly working a stirre to the mynde' : political satire in the Midwife -- The 'kind juggler' : social satire and enlightenment in the Midwife.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-217) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2007039641
ISBN	9780754661931 (alk. paper)
ISBN	0754661938 (alk. paper)

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