Swift's LandscapeJohns Hopkins University Press, 1982 - 307 pagina's Swift'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. |
Vanuit het boek
Resultaten 1-3 van 57
Pagina 40
... existence ) we come to realize that the style of life aristocrats like Lyttelton led , as well as the style of life commemorated by aristocratically supported poets like Thomson , was not a genuine rural existence , but rather an existence ...
... existence ) we come to realize that the style of life aristocrats like Lyttelton led , as well as the style of life commemorated by aristocratically supported poets like Thomson , was not a genuine rural existence , but rather an existence ...
Pagina 61
... existence and does not necessarily exclude all reference to back- breaking toil , here vividly suggested by Herrick's analogy between the farm workers and the beasts of burden ( " the lab'ring Neat " ) . Nevertheless , it functions ...
... existence and does not necessarily exclude all reference to back- breaking toil , here vividly suggested by Herrick's analogy between the farm workers and the beasts of burden ( " the lab'ring Neat " ) . Nevertheless , it functions ...
Pagina 123
... existence like Nunappleton . " 45 Indeed , the only mention of " Paradises " appears amidst suggestions of airy illusion and fantasy- juxtaposed , for example , with the image of the muse " soar [ ing ] clear out of sight " ( 144 ) ...
... existence like Nunappleton . " 45 Indeed , the only mention of " Paradises " appears amidst suggestions of airy illusion and fantasy- juxtaposed , for example , with the image of the muse " soar [ ing ] clear out of sight " ( 144 ) ...
Inhoudsopgave
CENTRAL FEATURES OF SWIFTS LANDSCAPE | 24 |
SWIFTS ANTIPASTORAL VISION AND IRELANDS | 55 |
THE SUBVERSION OF THE COUNTRY HOUSE IDEAL | 95 |
Copyright | |
3 andere gedeelten niet getoond
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
actual appears aspects become Book called century common contemporary continually contrast country house Dean depiction described Drapier Dublin economic effect eighteenth-century England English environs example existence expressed eyes fact figure final forced friends garden ground half Hill History human ideal images Ireland Irish John kind Kingdom Lady land landscape later least less letter Liberties literary live London look Lord means nature never noted observes occasion once passage pastoral perception period physical poem Poetry political poor Pope Pope's position present Press prospect reality reference reflects represent result role satiric scene seen sense serve situation social society specifically Street suggests surroundings Swift Tenants things throughout tion traditional Travels turn University University Press verse vision walk whole writings written
Verwijzingen naar dit boek
Bardic Nationalism: The Romantic Novel and the British Empire Katie Trumpener Gedeeltelijke weergave - 1997 |
Elations: The Poetics of Enthusiasm in Eighteenth-century Britain Shaun Irlam Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 1999 |