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 37
... present in Swift ; that is , between his theo- retic belief in the societal need for sublimation and his temperamental antipathy to all forms of restraint . The entire series of Market - Hill poems , indeed , may be considered in this ...
... present in Swift ; that is , between his theo- retic belief in the societal need for sublimation and his temperamental antipathy to all forms of restraint . The entire series of Market - Hill poems , indeed , may be considered in this ...
Page 66
... present , prepares us for a reference to some idyllic " scene " from an earlier time that would serve to highlight , through contrast , the debased state of present affairs . Yet when Swift does produce the expected image from the past ...
... present , prepares us for a reference to some idyllic " scene " from an earlier time that would serve to highlight , through contrast , the debased state of present affairs . Yet when Swift does produce the expected image from the past ...
Page 92
... present con- fined to the immediate neighbourhood of gentlemen's seats , and the banks of rivers . " 5 " Within the primitive democracy of the pastoral world , the humblest shepherd is surrounded by nature's plenitude and is openly in ...
... present con- fined to the immediate neighbourhood of gentlemen's seats , and the banks of rivers . " 5 " Within the primitive democracy of the pastoral world , the humblest shepherd is surrounded by nature's plenitude and is openly in ...
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 |