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... pastoral which are all combinations of sheep and goats , blends of pastoral and parody . The Shepherd's Week is a mock - pastoral ; The Beggar's Opera was inspired by Swift's suggestion for a ' Newgate pastoral ' ; Dione is a pastoral ...
... pastoral which are all combinations of sheep and goats , blends of pastoral and parody . The Shepherd's Week is a mock - pastoral ; The Beggar's Opera was inspired by Swift's suggestion for a ' Newgate pastoral ' ; Dione is a pastoral ...
Page 127
... pastoral ceased to be a splendid myth of human innocence in which shepherds are princes ; but became a tawdry ... pastoral , ' Fair Chloris in a pig - sty lay ' . More importantly , Gay exploits the ' never - never - land ' aspect of ...
... pastoral ceased to be a splendid myth of human innocence in which shepherds are princes ; but became a tawdry ... pastoral , ' Fair Chloris in a pig - sty lay ' . More importantly , Gay exploits the ' never - never - land ' aspect of ...
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... pastoral . Instead of the metropolitan world ( as represented in the tones of the Guardian ) standing for reality , with the pastoral world a kind of pretty masquerade , he presents the rural world as the real world , and the Court as a ...
... pastoral . Instead of the metropolitan world ( as represented in the tones of the Guardian ) standing for reality , with the pastoral world a kind of pretty masquerade , he presents the rural world as the real world , and the Court as a ...
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Themes and Forms of Augustan Satire | 32 |
Pope | 99 |
John Gay | 122 |
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