Irish Literature: The Eighteenth CenturyAlexander Norman Jeffares, Peter Van de Kamp Irish Academic Press, 2006 - 402 pages 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. |
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... asked Derry years ago how many books he had published ; he replied , under his breath , ' Well , over two hundred . ' He was the general editor of various series of texts , including A Review of English Literature , the influential ...
... asked Derry years ago how many books he had published ; he replied , under his breath , ' Well , over two hundred . ' He was the general editor of various series of texts , including A Review of English Literature , the influential ...
Page 155
... asked me many questions that shewed they were no strangers to books and men and things : but at last it came to pass ... asking is , that you answer so exactly in face and per- son to a description of a gentleman I heard not very long ...
... asked me many questions that shewed they were no strangers to books and men and things : but at last it came to pass ... asking is , that you answer so exactly in face and per- son to a description of a gentleman I heard not very long ...
Page 195
... asked him : ' What might be the subject of them : ' he told me : ' They were against Wood's half - pence . ' ' Pray , Madam , ' says he , ' do you smoke ? ' ' No , indeed , Sir , ' says I. ' Nor your husband ? ' ' Neither , Sir . ' ' It ...
... asked him : ' What might be the subject of them : ' he told me : ' They were against Wood's half - pence . ' ' Pray , Madam , ' says he , ' do you smoke ? ' ' No , indeed , Sir , ' says I. ' Nor your husband ? ' ' Neither , Sir . ' ' It ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
Sir Richard Steele | 12 |
The Rediscovery of the Gaelic Tradition | 19 |
Copyright | |
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