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 178
... sense of dis- appointment and frustration permeating his autobiographical fragment , which ends with an insistence upon the cruel betrayal of his worldly pros- pects at the hands of those in power : King William , who made “ a Prom- ise ...
... sense of dis- appointment and frustration permeating his autobiographical fragment , which ends with an insistence upon the cruel betrayal of his worldly pros- pects at the hands of those in power : King William , who made “ a Prom- ise ...
Page 254
... sense , given a situation in which “ the whole Nation [ of Ireland ] itself is almost reduced to Beggary by the Disadvantages we lye under , and the Hardships we are forced to bear " ( PW , 9 : 209 ) , the Angli- can “ elite ” in ...
... sense , given a situation in which “ the whole Nation [ of Ireland ] itself is almost reduced to Beggary by the Disadvantages we lye under , and the Hardships we are forced to bear " ( PW , 9 : 209 ) , the Angli- can “ elite ” in ...
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... sense ! Here Irish wit is seen ! When nothing's left , that's worth defence , We build a magazine . In including the epigram in his edition of Swift's Works , John Nichols explained its context : The Dean , in his lunacy , had some ...
... sense ! Here Irish wit is seen ! When nothing's left , that's worth defence , We build a magazine . In including the epigram in his edition of Swift's Works , John Nichols explained its context : The Dean , in his lunacy , had some ...
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 |