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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... example , the “ Night Men , " who regularly emptied London's privies , drains , and cesspools by carrying away the contents in wagons , and who were exposed to occupa- tional hazards such as befell several of their number when , in the ...
... example , the “ Night Men , " who regularly emptied London's privies , drains , and cesspools by carrying away the contents in wagons , and who were exposed to occupa- tional hazards such as befell several of their number when , in the ...
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... example , he claims that the Tories must protect the state from the assaults of its enemies , whose perverted zeal threatens " to break in Pieces the whole Frame of the best instituted Governments " ( PW , 3 : 65 ) , and that the new ...
... example , he claims that the Tories must protect the state from the assaults of its enemies , whose perverted zeal threatens " to break in Pieces the whole Frame of the best instituted Governments " ( PW , 3 : 65 ) , and that the new ...
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... examples of Augustan satire in the vein of Pope's lines on the estates of Timon and Villario , in which a particular ... example ultimately to " affir [ m ] his faith in the enduring capacity of human art to participate in that harmony ...
... examples of Augustan satire in the vein of Pope's lines on the estates of Timon and Villario , in which a particular ... example ultimately to " affir [ m ] his faith in the enduring capacity of human art to participate in that harmony ...
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 |