LEADER 04003nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910818428803321 005 20240514000104.0 010 $a1-283-06611-4 010 $a9786613066114 010 $a0-226-01523-8 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226015231 035 $a(CKB)2670000000077138 035 $a(EBL)672982 035 $a(OCoLC)709551384 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000520464 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12233451 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000520464 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10514133 035 $a(PQKB)10245825 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000542540 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12195874 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000542540 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10511463 035 $a(PQKB)11639037 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC672982 035 $a(DE-B1597)535717 035 $a(OCoLC)743403644 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226015231 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL672982 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10456349 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL306611 035 $a(dli)HEB05721 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000009797309 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000077138 100 $a19950714d1996 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWhat is pastoral? /$fPaul Alpers 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$dc1996 215 $a1 online resource (444 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-226-01516-5 311 0 $a0-226-01517-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tAcknowledgments --$tFrequently Cited Works --$tPrologue --$t1. Representative Anecdotes and Ideas of Pastoral --$t2. Mode and Genre --$t3. Pastoral Convention --$t4. Representative Shepherds --$t5. Pastoral Speakers --$t6. Pastoral Lyrics and Their Speakers --$t7. Modern Pastoral Lyricism --$t8. Pastoral Narration --$t9. Pastoral Novels --$tIndex 330 $aOne 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 Quarterly 606 $aPastoral literature$xHistory and criticism 610 $apastoral, shepherds, herding, herd, livestock, idealization, idealized manner, representation, western literature, literary, rural themes, ruralism, nature, natural world, fiction, humble, humanity, human beings, nostalgia, criticism, lyricism, narration, speakers, genre, virgil, sarah orne jewett, william shakespeare, cervantes, robert frost, simplicity, country life. 615 0$aPastoral literature$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a809/.93321734 700 $aAlpers$b Paul J$0695529 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818428803321 996 $aWhat is pastoral$92221468 997 $aUNINA