by IAN WATT
Professor of English at Stanford University, California, and author of The Rise of the Novel
3: The Ironic Voice
In his concluding talk based on his work-in-progress, Professor Watt examines the characteristically ironic posture of the Augustan writers, discusses its origin in their sense of the dichotomy of the mob and the elite, and analyses Its function in the work of Swift, Pope, Johnson, and others.
Recorded for the BBC at Palo Alto. California
Second broadcast