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 24
... period : a period that had neither plumbing nor centralized , technologically efficient methods of sanitation . We know from Hogarth's prints , from Gay's city perambulations , and from Pope's depiction of the place " ... where Fleet ...
... period : a period that had neither plumbing nor centralized , technologically efficient methods of sanitation . We know from Hogarth's prints , from Gay's city perambulations , and from Pope's depiction of the place " ... where Fleet ...
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... period stressed the fact that raising any amount of money in impoverished Ireland was a nearly impossible task . As he told the author of a " Paper , called ' A Memorial , ' ” “ Your Scheme for a Tax for raising such a Sum , is all ...
... period stressed the fact that raising any amount of money in impoverished Ireland was a nearly impossible task . As he told the author of a " Paper , called ' A Memorial , ' ” “ Your Scheme for a Tax for raising such a Sum , is all ...
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... period , does so specifically within the context of the power struggles within the ruling circles , and pre- sents a picture of the Whig supremacy that corresponds in its essentials to the picture conveyed in the preceding histories ...
... period , does so specifically within the context of the power struggles within the ruling circles , and pre- sents a picture of the Whig supremacy that corresponds in its essentials to the picture conveyed in the preceding histories ...
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 |