03588nam 2200673 a 450 991045956950332120200520144314.01-283-06611-497866130661140-226-01523-810.7208/9780226015231(CKB)2670000000077138(EBL)672982(OCoLC)709551384(SSID)ssj0000520464(PQKBManifestationID)12233451(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000520464(PQKBWorkID)10514133(PQKB)10245825(SSID)ssj0000542540(PQKBManifestationID)12195874(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000542540(PQKBWorkID)10511463(PQKB)11639037(MiAaPQ)EBC672982(DE-B1597)535717(OCoLC)743403644(DE-B1597)9780226015231(Au-PeEL)EBL672982(CaPaEBR)ebr10456349(CaONFJC)MIL306611(EXLCZ)99267000000007713819950714d1996 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWhat is pastoral?[electronic resource] /Paul AlpersChicago University of Chicago Pressc19961 online resource (444 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-01516-5 0-226-01517-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Frequently Cited Works -- Prologue -- 1. Representative Anecdotes and Ideas of Pastoral -- 2. Mode and Genre -- 3. Pastoral Convention -- 4. Representative Shepherds -- 5. Pastoral Speakers -- 6. Pastoral Lyrics and Their Speakers -- 7. Modern Pastoral Lyricism -- 8. Pastoral Narration -- 9. Pastoral Novels -- IndexOne of the enduring traditions of Western literary history, pastoral is often mischaracterized as a catchall for literature about rural themes and nature in general. In What Is Pastoral?, distinguished literary historian Paul Alpers argues that pastoral is based upon a fundamental fiction-that the lives of shepherds or other socially humble figures represent the lives of human beings in general. Ranging from Virgil's Eclogues to Sarah Orne Jewett's The Country of the Pointed Firs, from Shakespeare and Cervantes to Hardy and Frost, this work brings the story of the pastoral tradition, previously limited to classical and Renaissance literature, into the twentieth century. Pastoral reemerges in this account not as a vehicle of nostalgia for some Golden Age, nor of escape to idyllic landscapes, but as a mode bearing witness to the possibilities and problems of human community and shared experience in the real world. A rich and engrossing book, What Is Pastoral? will soon take its place as the definitive study of pastoral literature. "Alpers succeeds brilliantly. . . . [He] offers . . . a wealth of new insight into the origins, development, and flowering of the pastoral."-Ann-Maria Contarino, Renaissance QuarterlyPastoral literatureHistory and criticismElectronic books.Pastoral literatureHistory and criticism.809/.93321734Alpers Paul J695529MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459569503321What is pastoral2221468UNINA