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An edition of Pastoral (1999)

Pastoral

Terry Gifford clarifies the different uses of pastoral, and traces the history of the genre from its classical origins in the poetic dialogues of supposed shepherds, to Elizabethan dramas such as The Winters Tale, through the pastoral poetry of Pope, Wordsworth and Clare, to the more recent rural novels and contemporary American nature writing. Beginning with constructions of Arcadia, the book traces the pastoral impulse of retreat and return using a combination of close reading of quoted texts, cultural studies and eco-criticism. A theory of escape from this circular tension is offered in the final discussion of texts that are post-pastoral, and Gifford argues that some writers have discovered ways of reconnecting us with our natural environment in an attempt to heal our alienation from nature. Pastoral is an accessible, succinct and up-to-date introductory text to the history, major writers and critical issues of this genre. Students will find it essential reading.

Publish Date
Publisher
Routledge
Language
English
Pages
186

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Pastoral
1999, Routledge
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
London
Series
The new critical idiom

Classifications

Library of Congress
PR149.P3G64 1999, PR149.P3 G64 1999, PN56.P3 .G54 1999eb

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 186 p. ;
Number of pages
186

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL15470074M
Internet Archive
pastoral0000giff
ISBN 10
0415147328, 0415147336
LCCN
00698878
OCLC/WorldCat
40752484, 48139786
Library Thing
6799522
Goodreads
3534460
2193029

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