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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... present situation , have induced me to be at the pains of writing it , but a firm belief that it would prove a valuable present to the public . What entertainment soever the reasoning or notional part may afford the Mind , I will ...
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... present , I am a stranger to ; but , before I seal this letter , I shall enquire about it , and shall insert my intelligence . You must imagine that the receipt of a letter from you , that gave an account of your safe arrival at Fort St ...
... present , I am a stranger to ; but , before I seal this letter , I shall enquire about it , and shall insert my intelligence . You must imagine that the receipt of a letter from you , that gave an account of your safe arrival at Fort St ...
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... present at the exhibition of his own character , seemed not to feel the least emo- tion ; and , as some strangers were present , who desired to know the original for whom the play was intended , he rose up from his seat , and showed ...
... present at the exhibition of his own character , seemed not to feel the least emo- tion ; and , as some strangers were present , who desired to know the original for whom the play was intended , he rose up from his seat , and showed ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
Sir Richard Steele | 12 |
The Rediscovery of the Gaelic Tradition | 19 |
Copyright | |
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