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- Godless Fictions in the Eighteenth Century
- Godless Fictions in the Eighteenth Century
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 A Complete System of Atheism: Jonathan Swift
- Chapter 2 Godless Dunces: Alexander Pope
- Chapter 3 The Limits of Self: Sarah Fielding
- Chapter 4 Gender and the Orient: Phebe Gibbes
- Chapter 5 Ecumenical Poetics: William Cowper
- Coda
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
Bibliography
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Book contents
- Godless Fictions in the Eighteenth Century
- Godless Fictions in the Eighteenth Century
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 A Complete System of Atheism: Jonathan Swift
- Chapter 2 Godless Dunces: Alexander Pope
- Chapter 3 The Limits of Self: Sarah Fielding
- Chapter 4 Gender and the Orient: Phebe Gibbes
- Chapter 5 Ecumenical Poetics: William Cowper
- Coda
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
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