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基本説明
It clarifies the different uses of pastoral covering: the history of the genre from its classical origins to Elizabethan drama, through 18c pastoral poetry to contemporary American nature writing, the pastoral impulse of retreat and return, etc.
Full Description
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 writingthe 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-criticismpost-pastoral texts with a look at writers, who Gifford argues, have discovered ways of reconnecting us with our natural environment.
Contents
1. Three kinds of pastoral 2 Constructions of arcadia 3. The dsicourse of retreat 4. The cultural contexts of return 5. The anti-pastoral tradition 6. Post-pastoral
