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Howard D. Weinbrot challenges the view that the period 1660-1800 is correctly regarded as the "Augustan" age of English literature, a time in which classical Augustan ideals provided a main source of inspiration. Scholars have held that British writers of the Restoration and eighteenth century considered Augustus Caesar to be the model of the wise ruler who enabled political, literary, and moral wisdom to flourish. This book shows on the contrary that classical standards, though often invoked, were often rejected by many informed citizens and writers of the day. Anti-Augustan sentiment consolidated by the 1730s, when both Whig and Tory, court and country, viewed Augustus as the enemy of the mixed and balanced constitution that was responsible for British liberty. Professor Weinbrot focuses in particular on literature and its classical backgrounds, reinterpreting major works by Pope and Gibbon. Originally published in 1978. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press.
These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Contents
*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*1. The Classical Legacy of Augustus Caesar in "Augustan" England, pg. 1*2. The Legacy Improved, Part I. Augustus Praised and Blamed: His Personal Weaknesses and Destruction of Art, pg. 49*3. The Legacy Improved, Part II. Augustus in Theory and Practice: Constitutional Balance and Political Activity, pg. 86*4. "Let Horace blush, and Virgil too": The Degradation of the Augustan Poets, pg. 120*5. "Juvenal alone never prostitutes his muse": The Juvenalian Alternative, pg. 150*6. Pope's Epistle to Augustus: The Ironic and the Literal, pg. 182*7. Conclusion: Mutatis Mutandis, pg. 218*Appendix: Two Notes on Pope's Epistle to Augustus, pg. 243*Index, pg. 253
