Table of Contents

Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: The Topography of Dulness; 1. The Suburban Muse 2. The Plagues of Dulness 3. The Criteria of Duncehood 4. Swift and the Scribbler 5. Life Studies 6. The Grub Street Myth; Appendix A: Evidence from the Rate-Books; Appendix B: The Trades of Grub Street; Appendix C: A Grub Street Ode; Index