An essay on the art of ingeniously tormenting : with proper rules for the exercise of that pleasant art

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An essay on the art of ingeniously tormenting : with proper rules for the exercise of that pleasant art

Jane Collier ; edited by Audrey Bilger

(Broadview literary texts)

Broadview Press, c2003

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Perhaps the first extended non-fiction prose satire written by an English woman, Jane Collier's An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting (1753) is a wickedly satirical send-up of eighteenth-century advice manuals and educational tracts. It takes the form of a mock advice manual in which the speaker instructs her readers in the arts of tormenting, offering advice on how to torment servants, humble companions and spouses, and on how to bring one's children up to be a torment to others. The work's satirical style, which focuses on the different kinds of power that individuals exercise over one another, follows in the footsteps of Jonathan Swift and paves the way for Jane Austen. This Broadview edition uses the first edition, the only edition published during the author's lifetime. The appendices include excerpts from texts that influenced the essay (by Sarah Fielding, Jonathan Swift, Francis Coventry); excerpts from later texts that were influenced by it (by Maria Edgeworth, Frances Burney, Jane Austen); and relevant writings on education and conduct (by John Locke, George Savile, Dr. John Gregory).

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Acknowledgements Introduction Jane Collier: A Brief Chronology A Note on the Text An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting Appendix A: Advertisement to the 1757 Edition Appendix B: Models for Collier's Satire From Sarah Fielding, The Adventures of David Simple, 1744 From Jonathan Swift, Directions to Servants, 1745 From Francis Coventry, The History of Pompey the Little, 1751 Appendix C: On Education and Conduct From John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning Education, 1699 From George Savile, Marquess of Halifax, The Lady's New-Year's Gift: or, Advice to a Daughter, 1692 From John Gregory, A Father's Legacy to His Daughters, 1774 Appendix D: Later Satires on the Art of Tormenting From Maria Edgeworth, An Essay on the Noble Science of Self-Justification, 1795 From Frances Burney, The Wanderer, 1814 From Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, 1814 Select Bibliography

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