Peri Bathous, or the Art of Sinking in Poetry

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literary work prose satire satirical treatise

Peri Bathous, or the Art of Sinking in Poetry is a satirical treatise produced by the Scriblerus Club that mockingly instructs poets in how to write in an absurdly bad and bombastic style.

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Peri Bathous, or the Art of Sinking in Poetry canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work ⓘ
prose satire ⓘ
satirical treatise ⓘ
aimsTo instruct in how to write bad poetry ⓘ
mock contemporary poets ⓘ
associatedWith Martinus Scriblerus ⓘ
surface form: Martin Scriblerus

The Scriblerus Club ⓘ
surface form: Scriblerus Club
author Alexander Pope ⓘ
John Arbuthnot ⓘ
The Scriblerus Club ⓘ
surface form: Scriblerus Club
centuryOfPublication 18th century ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
criticizes Grub Street writers ⓘ
hack poets ⓘ
defines bathos as an abrupt descent from the sublime to the ridiculous ⓘ
form treatise ⓘ
genre literary criticism parody ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasInfluenced later discussions of bathos ⓘ
the critical term "bathos" in literary theory ⓘ
historicalContext early 18th-century English literary disputes ⓘ
influencedBy Longinus ⓘ
inLanguage English ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Augustan literature ⓘ
literaryPeriod Neoclassicism ⓘ
surface form: Neoclassical period
narrativePersona Martinus Scriblerus ⓘ
surface form: Martin Scriblerus
notableConcept bathos ⓘ
originalTitle Peri Bathous, or the Art of Sinking in Poetry self-link ⓘ
parodies literary criticism ⓘ
poetic treatises ⓘ
placeOfPublication London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
publicationYear 1727 ⓘ
relatedWork The Dunciad ⓘ
structure prose chapters ⓘ
subject bad poetry ⓘ
bombastic style ⓘ
mock-heroic writing ⓘ
targetAudience literate public of 18th-century Britain ⓘ
titleAlludesTo A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful ⓘ
surface form: On the Sublime
titleInEnglish Peri Bathous, or the Art of Sinking in Poetry self-link ⓘ
tone mocking ⓘ
satirical ⓘ
usesDevice irony ⓘ
mock instruction ⓘ
parody ⓘ

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The Scriblerus Club → notableWork → Peri Bathous, or the Art of Sinking in Poetry ⓘ
Peri Bathous, or the Art of Sinking in Poetry → originalTitle → Peri Bathous, or the Art of Sinking in Poetry self-link ⓘ
Peri Bathous, or the Art of Sinking in Poetry → titleInEnglish → Peri Bathous, or the Art of Sinking in Poetry self-link ⓘ