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This work 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. It explores texts ranging from Shakespeare and Cervantes to Hardy and Frost.

Table of 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 Index

What Is Pastoral

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 01/06/1997
      ISBN13: 9780226015170, 978-0226015170
      ISBN10: 0226015173
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This work 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. It explores texts ranging from Shakespeare and Cervantes to Hardy and Frost.

      Table of 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 Index

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