Politeness and Poetry in the Age of PopeFairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1989 - 166 Seiten Interest in politeness in the eighteenth century is shown to reflect anxiety about social change and indicate a search for guidelines in a newly commercialized society. Evident is the dilemma of poets such as Parnell, Prior, Swift, Gay, and Pope. |
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... Pope's modification of old values and his simultaneous attempt to assimilate new values to traditional models . The new capitalism and commercialism were the most obvious influences necessitating revisions of the old ethos . From Pope's ...
... Pope's modification of old values and his simultaneous attempt to assimilate new values to traditional models . The new capitalism and commercialism were the most obvious influences necessitating revisions of the old ethos . From Pope's ...
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... Pope the individual marginalized , critical , declassed and angry " —his position as a Catholic under the penal laws , for example.21 These energies contribute to the power of Pope's satire , producing a degree of identification with ...
... Pope the individual marginalized , critical , declassed and angry " —his position as a Catholic under the penal laws , for example.21 These energies contribute to the power of Pope's satire , producing a degree of identification with ...
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... Pope draw that elite audience that the whole orientation of his poetry demands , and by what standards can he educate them ? Is his authority drawn solely from an idealized past , and if so then how can these standards be made to seem ...
... Pope draw that elite audience that the whole orientation of his poetry demands , and by what standards can he educate them ? Is his authority drawn solely from an idealized past , and if so then how can these standards be made to seem ...
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Preface | 7 |
Politics the Poet | 30 |
Politeness | 43 |
Urheberrecht | |
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