Irish Literature: The Eighteenth Century: An Annotated Anthology - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0716528045 ISBN 13: 9780716528043

Casa editrice: Irish Academic Pr, 2005

Riassunto

Irish Literature Eighteenth Century illustrates not only the impressive achievement of the great writers-Swift, Berkeley, Burke, Goldsmith and Sheridan-but also shows the varied accomplishment of others, providing unexpected, entertaining examples from the pens of the less well known. Here are examples of the witty comic dramas so successfully written by Susannah Centlivre, Congreve, Steele, Farquhar and Macklin. There are serious and humorous essayists represented, including Steele, Lord Orrery, Thomas Sheridan and Richard Lovell Edgeworth. Beginning with Gulliver's Travels, fiction includes John Amory's strange imaginings, Sterne's stream of consciousness, Frances Sheridan's insights, Henry Brooke's sentimentalities and Goldsmith's charm. Poetry ranges from the classical to the innovative. Graceful lyrics, anonymous jeux d'esprit, descriptive pieces, savage satires and personal poems are written by very different poets, among them learned witty women, clergymen and drunken ne'er-do-wells. Politicians, notably Grattan and Curran, produced eloquent speeches; effective essays and pamphlets accompanied political activity. Personal letters and diaries-such as the exuberant Dorothea Herbert's Recollections-convey the changing ethos of this century's literature, based on the classics and moving to an increasing interest in the translation of Irish literature. This book conveys its fascinating liveliness and rich variety.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Irish Academic Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0716528045
• ISBN 13: 9780716528043
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 402
• Redattore: Jeffares A. Norman, Van De Kamp Peter