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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... thought , because they have the qualities we perceive them to possess . This is an idealistic view that the physical world of objects depends upon the mind observing it . God gives us the sensations that make up the physical world ; so ...
... thought , because they have the qualities we perceive them to possess . This is an idealistic view that the physical world of objects depends upon the mind observing it . God gives us the sensations that make up the physical world ; so ...
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... thought affect thee too , The thought of Sylvio's death , That he who only breath'd for you , Must yield that faithful breath ? Hushed be that sigh , be dry that tear , Nor let us lose our heaven here - Dry be that tear . I Ne'er Could ...
... thought affect thee too , The thought of Sylvio's death , That he who only breath'd for you , Must yield that faithful breath ? Hushed be that sigh , be dry that tear , Nor let us lose our heaven here - Dry be that tear . I Ne'er Could ...
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... thought you once - MRS . MAL . You thought , Miss ! I don't know any business you have to think at all thought does not become a young woman . - But the point we would request of you is , that you will LYD . promise to forget this ...
... thought you once - MRS . MAL . You thought , Miss ! I don't know any business you have to think at all thought does not become a young woman . - But the point we would request of you is , that you will LYD . promise to forget this ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
NAHUM TATE 16521715 | 22 |
JOHN TOLAND 16701722 | 95 |
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