Comedy and Satire in the Novels of Thomas Love PeacockStanford University, 1970 - 490 pages |
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Page 23
... figures . 5 Geoffrey Gall is usually identified with Lord Jeffrey of the Edinburgh Review , and Mr. Nightshade with Southey . Mac Laurel's original is disputed : either John Wilson ( Christopher North ) or Thomas Campbell . Treacle is ...
... figures . 5 Geoffrey Gall is usually identified with Lord Jeffrey of the Edinburgh Review , and Mr. Nightshade with Southey . Mac Laurel's original is disputed : either John Wilson ( Christopher North ) or Thomas Campbell . Treacle is ...
Page 28
... figure of the nouveau - riche or bourgeois gentil- homme . Subsequent portrayals of the type are but echoes ... figures who define themselves in terms of their occupational jargon , as do , for example , the barristers in the ...
... figure of the nouveau - riche or bourgeois gentil- homme . Subsequent portrayals of the type are but echoes ... figures who define themselves in terms of their occupational jargon , as do , for example , the barristers in the ...
Page 124
... figures . literary objects of Peacock's satire remain offstage , as they did in Nightmare Abbey . Chainmail , Mac ... figure in Crotchet Castle . While previous clergymen shared Folliott's tastes and values , none before displayed his ...
... figures . literary objects of Peacock's satire remain offstage , as they did in Nightmare Abbey . Chainmail , Mac ... figure in Crotchet Castle . While previous clergymen shared Folliott's tastes and values , none before displayed his ...
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