Lika, Foteini. Roidis and the Borrowed Muse: British Historiography, Fiction and Satire in Pope Joan. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018. xiii, 295 p.

ISBN 1443881139; 9781443881135

Includes:

Introduction: "The Critical Reception of Pope Joan" (pp. 1-11).

PART I: Roidis' Sources

Ch. One: "In the 'Sorcerer's' Workshop: Roidis and His Sources" (pp. 14-65).

PART II: Historiography and Fiction in Search of the Middle Ages

Ch. Two: "Prefaces and Footnotes: Echoes of Gibbon and Macaulay in Pope Joan (pp. 68-108); Ch. Three: "The Glossing of History: The Framing Apparatus in Scott and Roidis" (pp. 109-140).

PART III: Roidis and the Tradition of Satire

Ch. Four: "The Figures in the Text: Simile and Metaphor as Metacommentary in Swift and Roidis" (pp. 142-168); Ch. Five: "The Reader as Narratee: Digressive Storytelling in Sterne and Roidis" (pp. 169-204); Ch. Six: "When 'Epic Juan' Meets 'Donna Joan': Byron, Roidis and the All-Encompassing Romantic Genre" (pp. 205-237).

Conclusion (pp. 238-241).

Bibliography (pp. 242-280). Index (pp. 281-295).