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 55
... pastoral poetry . Many of Swift's verses explicitly mock the genre in both their language and their angle of vision , in effect subverting Pope's conception of a pastoral poem , which assumes the necessity of " some illusion to render ...
... pastoral poetry . Many of Swift's verses explicitly mock the genre in both their language and their angle of vision , in effect subverting Pope's conception of a pastoral poem , which assumes the necessity of " some illusion to render ...
Page 61
... pastoral genre , then , is capable of raising serious issues concerning mortal existence and does not necessarily exclude all reference to back- breaking toil , here vividly suggested by Herrick's analogy between the farm workers and ...
... pastoral genre , then , is capable of raising serious issues concerning mortal existence and does not necessarily exclude all reference to back- breaking toil , here vividly suggested by Herrick's analogy between the farm workers and ...
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... pastoral retreat , and the tyranny of the muse . " 43 The lack of unity noted by Schakel certainly exists - it is , indeed , one of the strongest impressions . conveyed by the poem - but it is not the result of a deficient " emotional ...
... pastoral retreat , and the tyranny of the muse . " 43 The lack of unity noted by Schakel certainly exists - it is , indeed , one of the strongest impressions . conveyed by the poem - but it is not the result of a deficient " emotional ...
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 |