‘Poor Percy Bishe!!’ Charles Lamb’s ‘A Dissertation on Roast Pig’ in Context

Abstract

Claims Lamb’s “Dissertation on Roast Pig” is an anti-vegetarian satire targeting Shelley’s “Vindication of Natural Diet.” Provides background establishing the context in which Lamb developed his idea for a satire on vegetarianism, and his reason for wishing to discredit Shelley, who had written in support of the practice. Cites several sources from which Lamb drew ideas for his essay.