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    Two Burlesques of Lord Chesterfield's Letters: The Graces (1774), The Fine Gentleman's Etiquette (1776)
    Two Burlesques of Lord Chesterfield's Letters: The Graces (1774), The Fine Gentleman's Etiquette (1776)
    Two Burlesques of Lord Chesterfield's Letters: The Graces (1774), The Fine Gentleman's Etiquette (1776)
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    Two Burlesques of Lord Chesterfield's Letters: The Graces (1774), The Fine Gentleman's Etiquette (1776)

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    'Two Burlesques of Lord Chesterfield's Letters' is a collection of poetic works by Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield. The two pieces here reprinted, typical verse pamphlets of the 1770's, illustrate both a type of writing and an age. The subject of both is contemporary—the best-selling 'Letters to his Son' of Lord Chesterfield. The method falls between burlesque and caricature; the aim is amusement; the substance is negligible. Neither poem made more than a ripple on publication, neither initiated a critical fashion, and neither survived in its own right, yet each has merit enough to justify inclusion today in such a series as the Augustan reprints.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateDec 13, 2019
    ISBN4064066188177
    Two Burlesques of Lord Chesterfield's Letters: The Graces (1774), The Fine Gentleman's Etiquette (1776)

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