The Rolliad, in full Criticisms on the Rolliad, is a pioneering work of British satire directed principally at the administration of William Pitt the Younger. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Satire is often strictly defined as a literary genre or form; although in practice it is also found in the graphic and Performing arts In satire human William Pitt the Younger (28 May 1759 &ndash 23 January 1806 was a British politician of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It was written and originally published in serial form in the Morning Herald in 1784-85, and its authors also contributed ancillary satires which were published together with it.
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Structure of the Rolliad
The satire takes the form of a piece of literary criticism of an epic poem called The Rolliad which is extensively quoted. Literary criticism is the study discussion evaluation and interpretation of Literature. An epic is a lengthy Narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation The subject of the poem is John Rolle, MP for Devon, who is being guided around Parliament by Merlin who introduces the leading personalities to him. John Rolle 1st Baron Rolle ( 16 October 1756 &ndash 3 April 1842) was a British peer who had served as a Member of Devon is a large county in the South West of England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name The Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network ( MERLIN) is an Interferometer array of Radio telescopes spread across England and the Rolle, despite the fact that he was not a constant supporter of Pitt, was picked out for ridicule by the authors after he shouted down Edmund Burke in the House of Commons. Edmund Burke ( 12 January, 1729 9 July, 1797) was an Irish statesman author orator Political theorist, and The authors claimed his descent from the Norman Rollo of Normandy. The Normans were the people who gave their names to Normandy, a region in northern France. Rollo, occasionally known as Rollo the Viking, (c 860 - c 932 was the founder and first ruler of the Viking principality in what soon became known as
Authors
The Rolliad was a collaborative work and the authors remained anonymous. Joseph Richardson, a journalist, was the principal writer; George Ellis (an antiquary), Richard Tickell (a librettist) and French Laurence (Professor of Civil Law at Oxford) also contributed. There were contributors from the field of politics including Richard Fitzpatrick who was very close to Charles James Fox and Lord John Townshend, a former Minister. The Right Honourable Charles James Fox ( 24 January 1749 &ndash 13 September 1806) was a prominent British Whig
Satirical targets
In addition to the eponymous Rolle, the Rolliad attacked Pitt for his consumption of port and for having no relationships with women:
- 'Tis true, indeed, we oft abuse him,
- Because he bends to no man;
- But Slander's self dares not accuse him
- Of stiffness to a woman.
Pitt's ally Henry Dundas was attacked for his dissoluteness. Henry Dundas 1st Viscount Melville ( April 28, 1742 &ndash May 28 1811) was a Scottish lawyer and politician Charles Jenkinson also had perhaps more than his fair share of criticism. Charles Jenkinson 1st Earl of Liverpool ( 26 April 1727 &ndash 17 December 1808) British Statesman, eldest son of Colonel
External links
- etext of the Rolliad at the Internet Archive
- Project Gutenberg etext of Notes and Queries of July 20, 1850 containing a note on the authors of the Rolliad. The Internet Archive ( IA) is a Nonprofit organization dedicated to maintaining an on-line Library and archive of Web and Notes and Queries (originally subtitled "a medium of inter-communication for literary men artists antiquaries, Genealogists etc") Events 1304 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle - King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link
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