Irish Literature: The Eighteenth CenturyAlexander Norman Jeffares, Peter Van de Kamp 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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... eyes ; You must be grave , and I be wise . Our fate in vain we would oppose , But I'll be still your friend in prose : Esteem and friendship to express , Will not require poetic dress ; And if the muse deny her aid To have them sung ...
... eyes ; You must be grave , and I be wise . Our fate in vain we would oppose , But I'll be still your friend in prose : Esteem and friendship to express , Will not require poetic dress ; And if the muse deny her aid To have them sung ...
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... eyes . I heard a confused noise about me , but in the posture I lay , could see nothing except the sky . In a little time I felt something alive moving on my left leg , which advancing gently forward over my breast , came almost up to ...
... eyes . I heard a confused noise about me , but in the posture I lay , could see nothing except the sky . In a little time I felt something alive moving on my left leg , which advancing gently forward over my breast , came almost up to ...
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... eyes dart ev'ry glance , Yet change so soon you'd never suspect them , For she'd persuade they wound by chance , Tho ' certain aim and art direct them . She likes herself , yet others hates For that which in herself she prizes ; And ...
... eyes dart ev'ry glance , Yet change so soon you'd never suspect them , For she'd persuade they wound by chance , Tho ' certain aim and art direct them . She likes herself , yet others hates For that which in herself she prizes ; And ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
Sir Richard Steele | 12 |
The Rediscovery of the Gaelic Tradition | 19 |
Copyright | |
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