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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... married the Rev. Matthew Pilkington * in 1732 ( ' my mother's capri- cious temper made her reject every advantageous proposal offered , and at last condemn me to the arms of one of the greatest villains , with reverence to the ...
... married the Rev. Matthew Pilkington * in 1732 ( ' my mother's capri- cious temper made her reject every advantageous proposal offered , and at last condemn me to the arms of one of the greatest villains , with reverence to the ...
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... married Elizabeth Jane Ogle , who was nine- teen , committing himself to a large marriage settlement . He was financially ruined when the Drury Lane Theatre , rebuilt by him at the then large cost of £ 150,000 , burned down in 1809. He ...
... married Elizabeth Jane Ogle , who was nine- teen , committing himself to a large marriage settlement . He was financially ruined when the Drury Lane Theatre , rebuilt by him at the then large cost of £ 150,000 , burned down in 1809. He ...
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... married you . SIR PETER . LADY TEAZLE . No , no , I don't ; ' twas a very disagreeable one , or I should never have married you . SIR PETER . Yes , yes , madam , you were then in somewhat a humbler style - the daughter of a plain ...
... married you . SIR PETER . LADY TEAZLE . No , no , I don't ; ' twas a very disagreeable one , or I should never have married you . SIR PETER . Yes , yes , madam , you were then in somewhat a humbler style - the daughter of a plain ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
Sir Richard Steele | 12 |
The Rediscovery of the Gaelic Tradition | 19 |
Copyright | |
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