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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Page 184
... opened his under- standing ; and he knew the nature and meaning of snares , nets , hooks , and lines , and of all the dangers to which such little trouts could be liable . ' At first he greatly rejoiced in this his knowledge ; and he ...
... opened his under- standing ; and he knew the nature and meaning of snares , nets , hooks , and lines , and of all the dangers to which such little trouts could be liable . ' At first he greatly rejoiced in this his knowledge ; and he ...
Page 190
... opened them to vilify or lessen his brother . He was also pure in heart and speech ; no wit could sea- son any kind of dirt to him , not even Swift's . Now he was not born to all this , no more than others are , but in his own words ...
... opened them to vilify or lessen his brother . He was also pure in heart and speech ; no wit could sea- son any kind of dirt to him , not even Swift's . Now he was not born to all this , no more than others are , but in his own words ...
Page 194
... opened a cabinet , and showed me a whole parcel of empty drawers . ' Bless me , ' says he , ' the money is flown ! ' He then opened his bureau , wherein he had a great number of curious trinkets of various kinds , some of which he told ...
... opened a cabinet , and showed me a whole parcel of empty drawers . ' Bless me , ' says he , ' the money is flown ! ' He then opened his bureau , wherein he had a great number of curious trinkets of various kinds , some of which he told ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
Sir Richard Steele | 12 |
The Rediscovery of the Gaelic Tradition | 19 |
Copyright | |
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