What Is Pastoral? /

One of the enduring traditions of Western literary history, pastoral is often mischaracterized as a catchall for literature about rural themes and nature in general. In What Is Pastoral?, distinguished literary historian Paul Alpers argues that pastoral is based upon a fundamental fiction--that the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Alpers, Paul J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1996.
Temas:
Pastoral literature > History and criticism.
Literature.
Literature, Modern.
Literature
Littérature pastorale > Histoire et critique.
Littérature.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Literature, Modern
Pastoral literature
Hirtendichtung
Herderspoëzie.
Bergers > Dans la littérature.
Lyrisme (littérature)
Littérature pastorale anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:One of the enduring traditions of Western literary history, pastoral is often mischaracterized as a catchall for literature about rural themes and nature in general. In What Is Pastoral?, distinguished literary historian Paul Alpers argues that pastoral is based upon a fundamental fiction--that the lives of shepherds or other socially humble figures represent the lives of human beings in general. Ranging from Virgil's Eclogues to Sarah Orne Jewett's The Country of the Pointed Firs, from Shakespeare and Cervantes to Hardy and Frost, this work brings the story of the pastoral tradition, previou.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 429 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780226015231
0226015238

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