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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... throughout the preceding discussion is the fact that we cannot speak intelligently about Swift's landscape - whether physical , aesthetic , mental , or ideological - without speaking of a specifically Irish landscape . Born in Dublin in ...
... throughout the preceding discussion is the fact that we cannot speak intelligently about Swift's landscape - whether physical , aesthetic , mental , or ideological - without speaking of a specifically Irish landscape . Born in Dublin in ...
Page 90
... throughout his writings . The mournful features of this world refute arcadian myths and political propaganda alike . vi One final feature of Swift's antipastoral landscape as it functioned on the levels of both history and historical ...
... throughout his writings . The mournful features of this world refute arcadian myths and political propaganda alike . vi One final feature of Swift's antipastoral landscape as it functioned on the levels of both history and historical ...
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... Throughout his Irish tracts he stresses the futility of his endeavors on behalf of his oppressed countrymen ( e.g. , PW , 12:66 , 75 ) . The bitterness of the unheeded patriot - prophet is most clearly evident in An Answer to a Paper ...
... Throughout his Irish tracts he stresses the futility of his endeavors on behalf of his oppressed countrymen ( e.g. , PW , 12:66 , 75 ) . The bitterness of the unheeded patriot - prophet is most clearly evident in An Answer to a Paper ...
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 |