Swift's LandscapeSwift's Landscape argues for a fundamental reevaluation of Jonathan Swift's place in eighteenth-century literary history. Combining history, biography, and literary criticism, Carole Fabricant restores both Swift's life and his writings to their proper landscape - by emphasizing the influence of the author's Irish involvements and environs on his work. |
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Page 36
... Lady in the North takes the opposite position . In this verse , the Golden Age is portrayed in terms of an ... Lady's Dressing Room , 142 ) gains added emphasis from his description here of the prolific offerings made " in some flow'ry ...
... Lady in the North takes the opposite position . In this verse , the Golden Age is portrayed in terms of an ... Lady's Dressing Room , 142 ) gains added emphasis from his description here of the prolific offerings made " in some flow'ry ...
Page 108
... Lady , in which the " Lady " of the title , who represents Ireland , is first seduced , and then both abandoned and cruelly exploited , by a " Gentleman in the Neighbourhood , " representing England . 26 The sequence of events that en ...
... Lady , in which the " Lady " of the title , who represents Ireland , is first seduced , and then both abandoned and cruelly exploited , by a " Gentleman in the Neighbourhood , " representing England . 26 The sequence of events that en ...
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... Lady Carteret must flee the sun's " Majestick Eye " just as Swift earlier felt the need to escape " The living Lusture of [ Lady Carteret's ] Eyes . " The reversal of roles and the resulting relativity of perception de- picted in the ...
... Lady Carteret must flee the sun's " Majestick Eye " just as Swift earlier felt the need to escape " The living Lusture of [ Lady Carteret's ] Eyes . " The reversal of roles and the resulting relativity of perception de- picted in the ...
Contents
CENTRAL FEATURES OF SWIFTS LANDSCAPE | 24 |
SWIFTS ANTIPASTORAL VISION AND IRELANDS | 55 |
THE SUBVERSION OF THE COUNTRY HOUSE IDEAL | 95 |
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Elations: The Poetics of Enthusiasm in Eighteenth-century Britain Shaun Irlam No preview available - 1999 |