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 11
... scene and upside - down world described by Marvell in Upon Appleton House ( stanzas 58-60 ) , or to Pope's depiction of an inverted world in Windsor - Forest : In her chast Current oft the Goddess [ Diana ] laves , And with Celestial ...
... scene and upside - down world described by Marvell in Upon Appleton House ( stanzas 58-60 ) , or to Pope's depiction of an inverted world in Windsor - Forest : In her chast Current oft the Goddess [ Diana ] laves , And with Celestial ...
Page 12
... Scene " painted with the help of nature's artistry and controlled by the poet's visual imagination . Neatly balanced couplets , the continuity em- bodied by literary tradition ( Pope is here imitating Ausonius ) , and explicit pictorial ...
... Scene " painted with the help of nature's artistry and controlled by the poet's visual imagination . Neatly balanced couplets , the continuity em- bodied by literary tradition ( Pope is here imitating Ausonius ) , and explicit pictorial ...
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... scene , Lady Carteret must flee the sun's " Majestick Eye " just as Swift earlier felt the need to escape " The living Lusture of [ Lady Carteret's ] Eyes . " The reversal of roles and the resulting relativity of perception de- picted ...
... scene , Lady Carteret must flee the sun's " Majestick Eye " just as Swift earlier felt the need to escape " The living Lusture of [ Lady Carteret's ] Eyes . " The reversal of roles and the resulting relativity of perception de- picted ...
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 |