Salmagundi; Or, The Whim-Whams and Opinions of Launcelot Langstaff, Esq. And Others
Salmagundi; Or, The Whim-Whams and Opinions of Launcelot Langstaff, Esq. And Others,satirical essays and poems, published in 20 periodical pamphlets (Jan. 24, 1807–Jan. 25, 1808), by Washington and William Irving and J.K. Paulding, who used such pseudonyms as Anthony Evergreen, Jeremy Cockloft the Younger, Will Wizard, and Pindar Cockloft, Esq. The work was collected in book form (1808).
Modeled on the Spectator, these whimsical pieces travesty contemporary New York's tastes, society, and politics, showing the authors' aristocratic Federalism. The “letters” of the visiting Mustapha-Rub-a-Dub Keli Khan to Asem Haachem satirically describe “mobocratic” and “logocratic” Jeffersonian democracy, while other essays and poems deal in a humorous, pseudo-learned style with such various topics as fashions in women's clothing, the vulgarity of parvenus, theatrical and musical criticism, style in literature, and caricatures of...
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