Hey presto! Swift and the quacks /

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Main Author: Ormsby-Lennon, Hugh
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Newark : University of Delaware Press, 2011.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Si vulgus vult decipi, decipiatur
  • Classis stage-itinerant
  • From gabble and harangue to quack's bill
  • Universal improvement of mankind
  • Ejaculating the soul
  • Aping the medicine show: Mencken, Salmon, Yworth
  • Doctor and presto
  • Dumfounding
  • Apollonius of Tyana
  • Beginnings and endings, terrae filius on Grub Street.