The history of Pompey the Little; or the life and adventures of a lap-dog
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The history of Pompey the Little; or the life and adventures of a lap-dog
(Broadview editions)
Broadview Press, c2008
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Pompey the Little, the canine narrator of this story, is a uniquely observant and witty guide to eighteenth-century culture, both high and low. In the course of the novel Pompey is passed from owner to owner, offering a panoramic vision of English and European societies in the period. Written with sparkling irony, The History of Pompey the Little is an important example of an "it-narrative," or a narrative written from a non-human perspective; this genre allows the novelist to move between levels of society and to observe human behaviour from an outsider's perspective.
The rich selection of historical documents in the appendices to this Broadview edition includes a similar narrative told by a cat, along with other writings on eighteenth-century attitudes towards animals.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements Introduction Francis Coventry: A Brief Chronology A Note on the Text The History of Pompey the Little
- or the Life and Adventures of a Lap-Dog Appendix A: Omitted Section from Book II, Chapters VI-VII in the Third Edition Appendix B: From Anonymous, The Life and Adventures of a Cat (1760) Appendix C: Anonymous, An Essay on the New Species of Writing Founded by Mr. Fielding (1751) Appendix D: Poems by Francis Coventry Penshurst (1750) "To the Hon. Wilmot Vaughan, Esq. in Wales" (1755) Appendix E: Eighteenth-Century Discussions of Animals Pierre Bayle, "Rorarius," from The Dictionary Historical and Critical (1696) Samuel Johnson, The Idler, No. 24 (1758) From Anonymous, A Dissertation on Mr. Hogarth's ... The Four Stages of Cruelty (1751) Select Bibliography
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