The Providence of Wit in the English Letter Writers
Author : William Henry Irving
Publisher : Durham, N.C., Duke U. P
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 39,60 MB
Release : 1955
Category : English letters
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Author : William Henry Irving
Publisher : Durham, N.C., Duke U. P
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 39,60 MB
Release : 1955
Category : English letters
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Author : Martin C. Battestin
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 20,80 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780813912356
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Page : 364 pages
File Size : 39,84 MB
Release : 1808
Category : American wit and humor
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Author : Martin C. Battestin
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 28,44 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Literary Criticism
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By exploring the relationship between the idea of Nature and the idea of Art in the period from 1660-1760, this study attempts to account for the distinctive quality of the 'Augustan mode' in literature in arts. Before what Pope envisioned as the apocalypse of modernism occurred, artists and aestheticians shared the faith of Newton and the divines in providential order, and, refining the neoclassical doctrine of mimesis, they expressed that faith in theory and practice. In shaping his own ideal forms, the Augustan artist took as paradigm the fiat of Genesis. Showing that theories of 'pure form' in the period rest upon the mutually dependent assumptions of ethnology and aesthetics, Professor Battestin first discusses the ways in which ideas of Nature's harmony, symmetry, and variety affected the doctrine of mimesis in the abstract arts of music, architecture, and gardening. Against the background he next examines the idea of Art and the relationship between form and meaning in the poetry of Pope and Gay and the fiction of Fielding and Godlsmith. THe final chapter, focusing on the deliberate violation of these formal principles in A Tale of Tub and Tristram Shandy, distinguishes between the Augustan and Modern modes by contrasting Swift's implicit acceptance of the ideals of his age with Sterne's sense that they are no logner relevant either to life or to art.
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Page : 138 pages
File Size : 44,89 MB
Release : 1789
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Author : Jack M. Armistead
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 38,19 MB
Release : 2014-04-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1472424972
Reminding readers of John Dryden’s persistent use of occult rhetoric, Armistead argues that Dryden’s otherworldliness involves more than Christian apologetics, biblical typology, or intermittent borrowings from the supernatural materials in classical literature. Otherworldly John Dryden engages with a wide range of the writer’s poetry and plays, enhancing our understanding of Dryden’s works and tracing the writer’s attitudes about Providence and the ability of the poet to perceive a hidden design in earthly events.
Author : H. Jack Lang
Publisher :
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 38,18 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Humor
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Readers will delight in the worldly wit, clever irony, and biting sarcasm conceived by many of the world's most renowned personalities, past and present.
Author : Robert McCammon
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 19,33 MB
Release : 2021-08-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1504068297
“A colorful, action-packed tale filled with sinister doings and plenty of good old-fashioned heroics . . . An entertaining ride” set in colonial times (Criminal Element). In the winter of 1703, Matthew Corbett’s Manhattan neighborhood is shaken by explosions—and Matthew discovers his old nemesis, Professor Fell, will do anything he can to capture Matthew’s attention and obtain his services as a professional problem solver. As a result, Matthew travels from New York to Pendulum Island in the distant Bermudas, taking on various opponents in his quest to come face-to-face with the murderous and manipulative criminal mastermind . . . Filled with twists, turns, and an almost tangible sense of place, and featuring “a gang of villains that would make even Batman run for cover,” The Providence Rider is historical thriller writing at its finest, from a New York Times–bestselling, multiple award–winning author (Criminal Element). “A colorful and well-researched depiction of colonial America, enlivened by a rogues’ gallery of well-drawn characters . . . A rollicking good yarn.” —Publishers Weekly “This popular series takes us to a long forgotten time with characters who never fail to entertain.” —The Florida Times-Union
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Page : 562 pages
File Size : 21,3 MB
Release : 1761
Category : World history
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Author : George Denison Prentice
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Page : 322 pages
File Size : 11,22 MB
Release : 1860
Category : Newspapers
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