{"product_id":"slavery-and-augustan-literature-j-richardson-9780415312868","title":"Slavery and Augustan Literature: Swift, Pope and Gay","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSlavery and Augustan Literature\u003c\/em\u003e 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, with the Tory ministry years and with texts written during those years. These texts tend to obscure the importance of the slave trade to Tory planning. In its second half, the book analyses the attitudes towards slavery in Pope's Horatian poems, \u003cem\u003eAn Essay on Man\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePolly\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA Modest Proposal\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGulliver's Travels\u003c\/em\u003e. John Richardson shows how, despite differences, Swift, Pope and Gay adopt a mixed position of admiration for freedom alongside implicit support for slavery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. Richardson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415312868\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415312868\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/16\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 6.40w x 0.68d","brand":"J. Richardson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48136070955263,"sku":"9780415312868","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9866e7ad-5fa0-4326-a640-16912d56a9a7.jpg?v=1770160317","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/slavery-and-augustan-literature-j-richardson-9780415312868","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}