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Author Biography

Amanda Hiner is Chair and Professor of English at Winthrop University and Coordinator of Winthrop’s Critical Thinking Program. Her edited collection British Women Satirists in the Long Eighteenth Century was published by Cambridge University Press in 2022, and she recently co-authored “Thirty Years, Thirty Ideas: Women Writers and the Practice of Satire in the Long Eighteenth Century” for Northeastern University’s Women Writers Online journal (2023). She publishes on the topics of British women satirists, cognitive cultural studies and eighteenth-century literature, British women writers, and critical thinking theory and application.

Abstract

This article argues for the intentional inclusion of Anne Finch’s diverse and compelling satires in the undergraduate British literature survey course and for the recognition of Finch as an accomplished theorist and practitioner of satire. The article includes practical strategies for pairing Finch’s satires with other well-known and anthologized satires; examines her satires in the context of the Revolution of 1688; and provides an analysis of her innovative rhetorical strategies, including her efforts to dissociate herself from satire while simultaneously producing sharp and defiant satires. The article argues that cultivating a deeper understanding of Finch’s contributions to eighteenth-century satire enriches a British literature survey course by highlighting women’s contributions to the eighteenth-century practice of satire and by helping students recognize Finch’s extraordinary depth and breadth as a poet and satirist.

Keywords

Anne Finch, satire, pedagogy, British literature, literature survey course, teaching, eighteenth-century women writers, women satirists

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