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
... satiric world of Swift's writings derives a good part of its meaning from the geographic and political world of eighteenth - century Ireland becomes evident in the course of a reappraisal of those images and preoccupations which have ...
... satiric world of Swift's writings derives a good part of its meaning from the geographic and political world of eighteenth - century Ireland becomes evident in the course of a reappraisal of those images and preoccupations which have ...
Page 31
... satiric fantasy expressed through excremental imagery , but when we realize the conditions in which Swift actually lived , we are less likely to attribute this passage to satiric convention or psychological fixation only and more ...
... satiric fantasy expressed through excremental imagery , but when we realize the conditions in which Swift actually lived , we are less likely to attribute this passage to satiric convention or psychological fixation only and more ...
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... satiric comment upon the ignorant and slovenly be- havior of chambermaids , they function no less satirically as an exposure of the absurd priggishness and anality of the " fine Ladies , " who , like the " Great ones " depicted in the ...
... satiric comment upon the ignorant and slovenly be- havior of chambermaids , they function no less satirically as an exposure of the absurd priggishness and anality of the " fine Ladies , " who , like the " Great ones " depicted in the ...
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 |