| The History of Pompey the Little or the Life and Adventures of a Lap-Dog: Or the Life and Adventures of a Lap-Dog Contributor(s): Coventry, Francis (Author) |
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ISBN: 0367111209 ISBN-13: 9780367111205 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $42.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections - History | Modern - 18th Century - Literary Criticism |
| Dewey: 823.5 |
| Physical Information: 222 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Originally published in 1974, this volume of The History of Pompey the Little includes a critical introduction and a biographical sketch of the author based on new material from unpublished documents, together with explanatory notes for the novel's many classical and contemporary allusions. Francis Coventry's The History of Pompey the Little was the talk of London in 1751; it continued to captivate readers throughout the century. Satirizing notable persons and events of its day, it startled the public by having as its 'hero' a Bologna lapdog, and created a new and popular form in English fiction - the 'spy'-novel with a non-human observer. |
