Peri Bathous, or the Art of Sinking in Poetry
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Peri Bathous, or the Art of Sinking in Poetry is a satirical treatise produced by the Scriblerus Club that mockingly instructs poets in how to write in an absurdly bad and bombastic style.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Peri Bathous, or the Art of Sinking in Poetry canonical | 3 |
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Target entity: Peri Bathous, or the Art of Sinking in Poetry Context triple: [The Scriblerus Club, notableWork, Peri Bathous, or the Art of Sinking in Poetry]
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A.
The Future Poetry
The Future Poetry is a critical work by Indian philosopher and yogi Sri Aurobindo that explores the spiritual evolution of poetry and envisions a higher, more intuitive poetic expression for the future.
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B.
The Progress of Poesy
The Progress of Poesy is an 18th-century Pindaric ode by Thomas Gray that celebrates the power and evolution of poetry from ancient Greece to modern times.
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C.
Lament for the Makaris
Lament for the Makaris is a Middle Scots poem by William Dunbar that mournfully reflects on the mortality of poets and the inevitability of death.
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D.
The Bounds of Sense
The Bounds of Sense is a major work of analytic philosophy by P. F. Strawson that critically examines and partially reconstructs Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason.
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E.
To Be the Poet
"To Be the Poet" is a reflective, genre-blending work by Maxine Hong Kingston in which she meditates on aging, creativity, and her late-life turn from prose to poetry.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Peri Bathous, or the Art of Sinking in Poetry Target entity description: Peri Bathous, or the Art of Sinking in Poetry is a satirical treatise produced by the Scriblerus Club that mockingly instructs poets in how to write in an absurdly bad and bombastic style.
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A.
The Future Poetry
The Future Poetry is a critical work by Indian philosopher and yogi Sri Aurobindo that explores the spiritual evolution of poetry and envisions a higher, more intuitive poetic expression for the future.
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B.
The Progress of Poesy
The Progress of Poesy is an 18th-century Pindaric ode by Thomas Gray that celebrates the power and evolution of poetry from ancient Greece to modern times.
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C.
Lament for the Makaris
Lament for the Makaris is a Middle Scots poem by William Dunbar that mournfully reflects on the mortality of poets and the inevitability of death.
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D.
The Bounds of Sense
The Bounds of Sense is a major work of analytic philosophy by P. F. Strawson that critically examines and partially reconstructs Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason.
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E.
To Be the Poet
"To Be the Poet" is a reflective, genre-blending work by Maxine Hong Kingston in which she meditates on aging, creativity, and her late-life turn from prose to poetry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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prose satire ⓘ satirical treatise ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
instruct in how to write bad poetry
ⓘ
mock contemporary poets ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Martinus Scriblerus
ⓘ
surface form:
Martin Scriblerus
The Scriblerus Club ⓘ
surface form:
Scriblerus Club
|
| author |
Alexander Pope
ⓘ
John Arbuthnot ⓘ The Scriblerus Club ⓘ
surface form:
Scriblerus Club
|
| centuryOfPublication | 18th century ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Grub Street writers
ⓘ
hack poets ⓘ |
| defines | bathos as an abrupt descent from the sublime to the ridiculous ⓘ |
| form | treatise ⓘ |
| genre |
literary criticism parody
ⓘ
satire ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
later discussions of bathos
ⓘ
the critical term "bathos" in literary theory ⓘ |
| historicalContext | early 18th-century English literary disputes ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Longinus ⓘ |
| inLanguage | English ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Augustan literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod |
Neoclassicism
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surface form:
Neoclassical period
|
| narrativePersona |
Martinus Scriblerus
ⓘ
surface form:
Martin Scriblerus
|
| notableConcept | bathos ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Peri Bathous, or the Art of Sinking in Poetry self-link ⓘ |
| parodies |
literary criticism
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poetic treatises ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| publicationYear | 1727 ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The Dunciad ⓘ |
| structure | prose chapters ⓘ |
| subject |
bad poetry
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bombastic style ⓘ mock-heroic writing ⓘ |
| targetAudience | literate public of 18th-century Britain ⓘ |
| titleAlludesTo |
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
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surface form:
On the Sublime
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| titleInEnglish | Peri Bathous, or the Art of Sinking in Poetry self-link ⓘ |
| tone |
mocking
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satirical ⓘ |
| usesDevice |
irony
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mock instruction ⓘ parody ⓘ |
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