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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... Travels , we find a disjointed , fragmented world wholly lacking a single center of authority or legitimacy - a world whose hero moves and acts entirely on the periphery as he continually embarks on journeys charac- terized by ...
... Travels , we find a disjointed , fragmented world wholly lacking a single center of authority or legitimacy - a world whose hero moves and acts entirely on the periphery as he continually embarks on journeys charac- terized by ...
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... Travels demonstrate that the state of oppres- sion or subjugation , however cushioned , makes the stance of detached aesthetic contemplation laughable , at best . ii The absence of visual prospects from Swift's writings is intimately ...
... Travels demonstrate that the state of oppres- sion or subjugation , however cushioned , makes the stance of detached aesthetic contemplation laughable , at best . ii The absence of visual prospects from Swift's writings is intimately ...
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... travel to France ( C , 3 : 140 , 234 ) . When in London in 1727 , he was strongly advised not to go to France because of possible danger ( 207 ) , but he persisted in his plans to travel abroad , and at one point was actually about to ...
... travel to France ( C , 3 : 140 , 234 ) . When in London in 1727 , he was strongly advised not to go to France because of possible danger ( 207 ) , but he persisted in his plans to travel abroad , and at one point was actually about to ...
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 |