CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE ix
3. CONTENTS xiii
4. ENGLISH BURLESQUE POETRY PART I
5. I. THE NATURE OF BURLESQUE 3
6. II. THE CRITICAL THEORY OF BURLESQUE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 18
7. III. THE RAPE OF THE LOCK 64
8. IV. THE OTHER FAMOUS BURLESQUES 100
9. V. THE TRAVESTY AND THE HUDIBRASTIC 138
10. VI. THE MOCK-HEROIC AND THE PARODY 155
11. VII. THE NON-ENGLISH BURLESQUE IN ENGLAND 176
12. VIII. THE RELATION OF BURLESQUE POETRY TO THE AGE 227
13. PART II. REGISTER OF BURLESQUE POEMS
14. REGISTER OF BURLESQUE POEMS 233
15. BIBLIOGRAPHY 455
16. INDEX 461