Thursday; or, The Spell
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"Thursday; or, The Spell" is one of the pastoral poems within John Gay’s 18th-century mock-pastoral sequence *The Shepherd’s Week*, depicting rustic life with satirical humor and stylized rural superstition.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thursday; or, The Spell canonical | 4 |
| The Shepherd's Week: Thursday; or, The Spell | 1 |
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mock-pastoral poem
ⓘ
pastoral poem ⓘ |
| author | John Gay ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| depicts |
rural superstition
ⓘ
rustic life ⓘ |
| hasDayTheme | Thursday ⓘ |
| hasForm | narrative poem ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceFrom |
English rural folklore
ⓘ
classical pastoral tradition ⓘ |
| hasSubtitle | The Spell ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Thursday; or, The Spell self-link ⓘ |
| hasTone | satirical ⓘ |
| hasWorkContext |
The Shepherd's Week
ⓘ
surface form:
The Shepherd’s Week is structured around days of the week
|
| isSatireOf |
conventional pastoral poetry
ⓘ
idealized rural life ⓘ |
| literaryGenre |
pastoral poetry
ⓘ
satire ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Augustan literature ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
The Shepherd's Week
ⓘ
surface form:
The Shepherd’s Week
|
| partOfSeries | mock-pastoral sequence ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | early 18th century rural England ⓘ |
| usesStyle |
burlesque pastoral conventions
ⓘ
stylized rural dialect ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Shepherd's Week: Thursday; or, The Spell