Irish Literature: The Eighteenth CenturyIrish 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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SULLEN SULLEN My head aches consumedly . MRS SULLEN Will you be pleased , my dear , to drink tea with us this morning ? It may do your head good . No. DORINDA Coffee , brother ? Psha ! MRS SULLEN Will you please to dress , and go to ...
SULLEN SULLEN My head aches consumedly . MRS SULLEN Will you be pleased , my dear , to drink tea with us this morning ? It may do your head good . No. DORINDA Coffee , brother ? Psha ! MRS SULLEN Will you please to dress , and go to ...
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By this means , the parts of the head were distended and stretched with blood , which brought on an apoplexy , and the operation upward being violent , the equilibrium was entirely broken , and the vital tide could flow no more .
By this means , the parts of the head were distended and stretched with blood , which brought on an apoplexy , and the operation upward being violent , the equilibrium was entirely broken , and the vital tide could flow no more .
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Yes , yes , ' tis a painful thing - said my father , shaking his head too - but certainly since shaking of heads came into fashion , never did two heads shake together , in concert , from two such different springs .
Yes , yes , ' tis a painful thing - said my father , shaking his head too - but certainly since shaking of heads came into fashion , never did two heads shake together , in concert , from two such different springs .
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
NAHUM TATE 16521715 | 22 |
Gullivers arrival in Lilliput | 57 |
Copyright | |
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Irish Literature: The Eighteenth Century Alexander Norman Jeffares,Peter Van de Kamp No preview available - 2006 |
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