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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... half a cable's length of the ship ; but the wind was so strong , that we were driven directly upon it , and immediately split . Six of the crew , of whom I was one , having let down the boat into the sea , made a shift to get clear of ...
... half a cable's length of the ship ; but the wind was so strong , that we were driven directly upon it , and immediately split . Six of the crew , of whom I was one , having let down the boat into the sea , made a shift to get clear of ...
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... half the cows from half the sturks ; ' Nay more , the fellow swears and vows , They've stol'n the sturks from half the cows . With many more accounts of woe , Yet tho ' the devil be there , I'll go : ' Twixt you and me , the reason's ...
... half the cows from half the sturks ; ' Nay more , the fellow swears and vows , They've stol'n the sturks from half the cows . With many more accounts of woe , Yet tho ' the devil be there , I'll go : ' Twixt you and me , the reason's ...
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... half willing to be pressed , Shall kiss the cup to pass it to the rest . Yes ! let the rich deride , the proud disdain , These simple blessings of the lowly train ; To me more dear , congenial to my heart , One native charm , than all ...
... half willing to be pressed , Shall kiss the cup to pass it to the rest . Yes ! let the rich deride , the proud disdain , These simple blessings of the lowly train ; To me more dear , congenial to my heart , One native charm , than all ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
Sir Richard Steele | 12 |
The Rediscovery of the Gaelic Tradition | 19 |
Copyright | |
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