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 104
... passage is to dramatize the dras- tically deflated value of Wood's halfpence , but on another level , the passage points to the grotesquely and ludicrously swelling accumulation of money , ironically culminating in the cancerous ...
... passage is to dramatize the dras- tically deflated value of Wood's halfpence , but on another level , the passage points to the grotesquely and ludicrously swelling accumulation of money , ironically culminating in the cancerous ...
Page 147
... passage in The Journal , we can now perhaps arrive at a more accurate interpretation of its significance . To the extent that Swift shared his host's admiration for the Swedish king ( though there is no indication he desired Charles's ...
... passage in The Journal , we can now perhaps arrive at a more accurate interpretation of its significance . To the extent that Swift shared his host's admiration for the Swedish king ( though there is no indication he desired Charles's ...
Page 231
... Passage , while we are sure to be forsaken like young Wenches who are seduced by Soldiers that quarter among them for a few Months " ( 77 ) . As in The Story of the Injured Lady , the situation of the Irish is here conceived of as ...
... Passage , while we are sure to be forsaken like young Wenches who are seduced by Soldiers that quarter among them for a few Months " ( 77 ) . As in The Story of the Injured Lady , the situation of the Irish is here conceived of as ...
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 |