Curll, Edmund

The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature | 2003 | 471 words | Copyright

Curll, Edmund (1683–1747), a bookseller and pamphleteer who specialized in scandalous biographies, seditious pamphlets, pirated works, and pornography; he was imprisoned in 1724 for publishing Venus in the Cloister: or The Nun in her Smock (a characteristic title), but denied that it was his. Pope, who pilloried him in The Dunciad, was involved in various manoeuvres to encourage Curll to publish an unauthorized edition of his letters (which he did, in 1735).

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Curll, Edmund." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Curll, Edmund." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-CurllEdmund.html

MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Curll, Edmund." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-CurllEdmund.html

Learn more about citation styles