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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... surroundings were far more likely to inspire visions of a cosmic dung heap than visions of “ ... blushing Flora paint [ ing ] th ' enamel'd Ground " ( Windsor - Forest , 38 ) or even of a Garden , tempting with forbidden fruit " ( Essay ...
... surroundings were far more likely to inspire visions of a cosmic dung heap than visions of “ ... blushing Flora paint [ ing ] th ' enamel'd Ground " ( Windsor - Forest , 38 ) or even of a Garden , tempting with forbidden fruit " ( Essay ...
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... surroundings . The setting of Moor Park , as presented in the ode , seems to derive its exalted character more from its contrast with " the hated Court and Town " ( 157 ) than from its own independent merits . It beckons above all as an ...
... surroundings . The setting of Moor Park , as presented in the ode , seems to derive its exalted character more from its contrast with " the hated Court and Town " ( 157 ) than from its own independent merits . It beckons above all as an ...
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... surroundings , recurring passages , some of which are among the most memorable in the work , de- pict him as the viewed object rather than the viewer . By the very fiction of the work he is a highly conspicuous creature amidst alien ...
... surroundings , recurring passages , some of which are among the most memorable in the work , de- pict him as the viewed object rather than the viewer . By the very fiction of the work he is a highly conspicuous creature amidst alien ...
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 |