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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... living of the country , or the social climbing of the former set against the settled hierarchy of the latter . On the other hand a society can be thought of in terms of an Aristotelian art that fulfils nature , so that civility as a ...
... living of the country , or the social climbing of the former set against the settled hierarchy of the latter . On the other hand a society can be thought of in terms of an Aristotelian art that fulfils nature , so that civility as a ...
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... living by sales.12 Instead they expect patronage from the court and aristoc- racy in return for their service of providing an imaginative mirror of ideal norms for their patrons . The exemplary mode for this tradition is epic . Pope ...
... living by sales.12 Instead they expect patronage from the court and aristoc- racy in return for their service of providing an imaginative mirror of ideal norms for their patrons . The exemplary mode for this tradition is epic . Pope ...
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... living as well as a form of labor . Gay associates his walking with an unspecified " Business " and also with the idea of exercise . The poet contrasts himself explicitly with those who loll in coaches and sedan chairs , the decadent ...
... living as well as a form of labor . Gay associates his walking with an unspecified " Business " and also with the idea of exercise . The poet contrasts himself explicitly with those who loll in coaches and sedan chairs , the decadent ...
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