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  • The Satiric Poems of John Trumbull: The Progress of Dulness and M'Fingal
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  • Edited with an introduction and notes by Edwin T. Bowden
  • 1971
  • Published by: University of Texas Press
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Two long poems by a noted colonial American satiric poet, complete with the original biting prefaces, in a dependable text for the scholar and annotated for the general reader interested in the literature and history of the American eighteenth century.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title page, Copyright
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. 5-6
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  1. Editor’s Preface & A Note on the Text
  2. pp. 7-24
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  1. The Progress of Dulness
  1. Part First : or The Rare Adventures of Tom Brainless
  2. pp. 27-44
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  1. Part Second : or An Essay on the Life and Character of Dick Hairbrain
  2. pp. 45-70
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  1. Part Third : The Progress of Coquetry or The Adventures of Miss Harriet Simper
  2. pp. 71-100
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  1. M’Fingal
  1. Canto First : or The Town Meeting, A.M.
  2. pp. 103-125
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  1. Canto Second : or The Town Meeting, P.M.
  2. pp. 126-152
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  1. Canto Third : or The Liberty Pole
  2. pp. 153-176
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  1. Canto Fourth : or The Vision
  2. pp. 177-212
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  1. Notes for the Aid of the Reader
  2. pp. 213-229
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