Politeness and Poetry in the Age of PopeInterest 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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... prose and " business " of various kinds and the feeling that poetry is lei- sured , stylish , and upper - class and thus superior to business . " Written in the Year 1696 , " for example , combines a strong sense of public image with a ...
... prose and " business " of various kinds and the feeling that poetry is lei- sured , stylish , and upper - class and thus superior to business . " Written in the Year 1696 , " for example , combines a strong sense of public image with a ...
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... prose . Yet the poem's balance is impressive , and its self - portrait highly attractive . Prior combines in characteristic fashion rakish hedonism , genuine love sentiment , and a touch of Horatian stoicism : " This Night and the next ...
... prose . Yet the poem's balance is impressive , and its self - portrait highly attractive . Prior combines in characteristic fashion rakish hedonism , genuine love sentiment , and a touch of Horatian stoicism : " This Night and the next ...
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... Prose of John Gay . Edited by V. A. Dearing and C. Beckwith . 2 vols . Oxford : Clarendon Press , 1974 . Parnell , Thomas . Collected Poems of Thomas Parnell . Edited by Claude Rawson and F. P. Lock . Newark : University of Delaware ...
... Prose of John Gay . Edited by V. A. Dearing and C. Beckwith . 2 vols . Oxford : Clarendon Press , 1974 . Parnell , Thomas . Collected Poems of Thomas Parnell . Edited by Claude Rawson and F. P. Lock . Newark : University of Delaware ...
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