ôProfessor RawsonÆs book is distinguished by a level of critical attention, an acuteness of focus, and a breadth of consideration, rarely rivaled in eighteenth-century novel criticism. àö û Review of English Studies
Rawson focuses on the various disruptive forces in the literary culture of the Augustan period. Among other topics, he treats the crises in stylistic ôurbanityö and in the ômock-heroicö styles of this fascinating period.
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