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 159
... least I fancy so " ( C , 3:60 ) . And although he complained at times about " want of victuals " ( 60 ) , he made it clear elsewhere that he was hardly starving : " Wildfowl is cheap , and all very good , except the ducks . . . . It is ...
... least I fancy so " ( C , 3:60 ) . And although he complained at times about " want of victuals " ( 60 ) , he made it clear elsewhere that he was hardly starving : " Wildfowl is cheap , and all very good , except the ducks . . . . It is ...
Page 223
... least as early as 1710 , while he was still at Laracor ( C , 1 : 162 ) , and grew in both frequency and stridency in the following decades . Some nine years later he lamented to Ford that " ... this whole Kingdom will not afford me the ...
... least as early as 1710 , while he was still at Laracor ( C , 1 : 162 ) , and grew in both frequency and stridency in the following decades . Some nine years later he lamented to Ford that " ... this whole Kingdom will not afford me the ...
Page 248
... least , And a Madder our Cup . O there is the Sport , We rise with the Light , In disorderly Sort , From snoring all Night . 1 : ( 1-16 ) Reminiscent of the boisterous , coarse , and lively drinking and swiving songs of Rochester ...
... least , And a Madder our Cup . O there is the Sport , We rise with the Light , In disorderly Sort , From snoring all Night . 1 : ( 1-16 ) Reminiscent of the boisterous , coarse , and lively drinking and swiving songs of Rochester ...
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 |