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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... called ' Parson ' like the devil . ) Truly , says he , Mrs Nab , it might become you to be more civil : If your money be gone , as a learned Divine says , d'ye see , You are no text for my handling , so take that from me : I was never ...
... called ' Parson ' like the devil . ) Truly , says he , Mrs Nab , it might become you to be more civil : If your money be gone , as a learned Divine says , d'ye see , You are no text for my handling , so take that from me : I was never ...
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... called the Understanding , and as it produces or otherwise operates about them it is called the Will . Hence there can be no idea formed of a soul or spirit ; for , all ideas whatever , being passive and inert , ( vid . sect 25 ...
... called the Understanding , and as it produces or otherwise operates about them it is called the Will . Hence there can be no idea formed of a soul or spirit ; for , all ideas whatever , being passive and inert , ( vid . sect 25 ...
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... called heat , we do from thence con- clude the sun to be the cause of heat . And in like manner perceiving the motion and collision of bodies to be attended with sound , we are inclined to think the latter the effect of the former . 33 ...
... called heat , we do from thence con- clude the sun to be the cause of heat . And in like manner perceiving the motion and collision of bodies to be attended with sound , we are inclined to think the latter the effect of the former . 33 ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
Sir Richard Steele | 12 |
The Rediscovery of the Gaelic Tradition | 19 |
Copyright | |
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