| Author: | Terry Gifford | ISBN: | 9781134755264 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | August 5, 1999 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Terry Gifford |
| ISBN: | 9781134755264 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | August 5, 1999 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
Pastoral is a succinct and up-to-date introductory text to the history, major writers and critical issues of this genre. Terry Gifford clarifies the different uses of pastoral covering:
- the history of the genre from its classical origins to Elizabethan drama, through eighteenth-century pastoral poetry to contemporary American nature writing
- the pastoral impulse of retreat and return, beginning with constructions of Arcadia and using a combination of close reading of quoted texts, cultural studies and eco-criticism
- post-pastoral texts with a look at writers, who Gifford argues, have discovered ways of reconnecting us with our natural environment.
Pastoral is a succinct and up-to-date introductory text to the history, major writers and critical issues of this genre. Terry Gifford clarifies the different uses of pastoral covering:
- the history of the genre from its classical origins to Elizabethan drama, through eighteenth-century pastoral poetry to contemporary American nature writing
- the pastoral impulse of retreat and return, beginning with constructions of Arcadia and using a combination of close reading of quoted texts, cultural studies and eco-criticism
- post-pastoral texts with a look at writers, who Gifford argues, have discovered ways of reconnecting us with our natural environment.
