Pastoral / Terry Gifford.
Material type:
- 0415147336 (paperback)
- 9780415147330 (paperback)
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Air University Central Library Islamabad | NFIC | 809.933 GIF (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P3068 |
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 Gifford argues, have discovered ways of reconnecting us with our natural environment.
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