Jonathan Swift, Bounce to Fop

Pat Rogers (University of South Florida)

Ed. by Nicholas Seager, University of Keele
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.05: English Writing and Culture from the Glorious Revolution to the French Revolution, 1689-1789.
Vol. editors: Paul Baines (University of Liverpool), Daniel Cook (University of Dundee), Pat Rogers (University of South Florida), Nicholas Seager (University of Keele)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1736 - 1736

Places

England (Country of Origin; Publication/ performance)

Genres and Modes

Poem

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Bounce to Fop: An Epistle from a Dog at Twickenham to a Dog at Court

, this highly amusing poem first appeared as a twelve-page folio at the start of May 1736 under the imprint of Thomas Cooper. However, its origins go back some eight or nine years, and mystery surrounds its authorship, which has been assigned to both Swift and Pope. Manuscripts in the Harley collection, as well as a subsequent printing within the Scriblerian

Miscellanies

provide different versions of the text. The manuscripts appear to date from the 1730s and may already contain alterations by Pope. These questions of dating and attribution have dominated commentary on the work, largely to the exclusion of literary assessment, and they cannot be avoided here. However, such considerations ought not to make us…

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Citation: Rogers, Pat. "Bounce to Fop". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 26 May 2022 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=40827, accessed 08 May 2024.]

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