Pastoral
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 Giffo
199 pages, 16 editions
English edition · First published 1999 by Routledge · ISBN 9780203003961
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Editions
16 editions
English
- Pastoral · Routledge · 1999 · ISBN 9780203003961 This page
- Pastoral · Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group · 2020 · ISBN 9781138124837
- Pastoral · Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group · 2020 · ISBN 9781317299462
- Pastoral · Routledge · 2019 · ISBN 9781317299455
- Pastoral · Routledge · 2019 · ISBN 9781315647920
- Pastoral · Routledge · 2019 · ISBN 9781317299479
- Pastoral · Routledge · 2018 · ISBN 9781138124844
- Pastoral · Routledge · 2001 · ISBN 9780203173756
- Pastoral · Routledge · 1999 · ISBN 9781280334757
- Pastoral · Routledge · 1999 · ISBN 9781134755226
- Pastoral · Routledge · 1999 · ISBN 9780415147323
- Pastoral · Routledge · 1999 · ISBN 9781134755271
- Pastoral · Routledge · 1999 · ISBN 9780203171172
- Pastoral · Routledge · 1999 · ISBN 9781134755264
- Pastoral · Routledge · 1999 · ISBN 9780415147330
- Pastoral · Taylor & Francis Group · 1999 · ISBN 9781134755240
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