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 110
... observes : " By the middle of the 1720s Lord and Lady Burlington had become rather bored by [ Gay's ] presence and his everlasting escapades and scrapes . They were tending to neglect him , even when he was ill . Gay's friends were ...
... observes : " By the middle of the 1720s Lord and Lady Burlington had become rather bored by [ Gay's ] presence and his everlasting escapades and scrapes . They were tending to neglect him , even when he was ill . Gay's friends were ...
Page 130
... observes , " Her friends had joined together in their efforts to produce for her what amounted inside and out to a rare work of art albeit on a modest scale . Modest it may have been but she was , in consequence , if not exactly ruined ...
... observes , " Her friends had joined together in their efforts to produce for her what amounted inside and out to a rare work of art albeit on a modest scale . Modest it may have been but she was , in consequence , if not exactly ruined ...
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... observes that " ... by the ill Treatment of his nearest Relations , he was so discouraged and sunk in his Spirits , that he too much neglected his Academical Studyes " ( PW , 5 : 192 ) , and in the same letter to Pope in which he men ...
... observes that " ... by the ill Treatment of his nearest Relations , he was so discouraged and sunk in his Spirits , that he too much neglected his Academical Studyes " ( PW , 5 : 192 ) , and in the same letter to Pope in which he men ...
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 |