UID:
almahu_9949385819102882
Format:
1 online resource (243 pages)
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
9781317299479
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1317299477
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9781315647920
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1315647923
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9781317299462
,
1317299469
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9781317299455
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1317299450
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9780203003961
,
0203003969
Series Statement:
The New Critical Idiom Ser.
Content:
Updated throughout, this new edition provides a clear and invaluable introduction to the study of pastoral. Terry Gifford traces the history of the genre from its classical origins through to contemporary writing and introduces the major writers and critical issues relating to pastoral. Gifford breaks the term down into three accessible concepts -pastoral, anti-pastoral, post-pastoral - and provides up-to-date examples from literature and film. New chapters explain the continuing tradition of georgic literature and the recent evolution of pastoral in their historical contexts. Pastoral is essential and engaging reading for students and academics alike.
Content:
Is the pastoral dead? Gifford adds fuel to the fiery debate in this lively examination of contemporary and classical nature writing. He begins by clarifying the different uses of "pastoral" and tracing the history of the genre from its classical origins in the poetic dialogues of supposed shepherds, to the Elizabethan dramas such as The Winter's Tale, through the pastoral poetry of Pope and Wordsworth, to the more recent rural novels and contemporary American nature writing. Including pastoral and antipastoral texts, the book traces the pastoral impulse of retreat and return with close readings of quoted texts, cultural studies, and ecocriticism.
Note:
Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Series editor's preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Four kinds of pastoral; 2. Constructions of Arcadia; 3. The discourse of retreat; 4. The cultural contexts of return; 5. The anti-pastoral tradition; 6. Georgic literature; 7. Post-pastoral; 8. Evolving pastoral; Bibliography; Index
Additional Edition:
Print version: Gifford, Terry. Pastoral. Milton : Routledge, ©2019 ISBN 9781138124844
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315647920
