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100 1 _aGreg, W. W.
_q(Walter Wilson),
_d1875-1959
245 1 0 _aPastoral Poetry & Pastoral Drama :
_bA Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England
246 1 _aPastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2004
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2004-04-01
505 0 _aPreface -- Foreign pastoral poetry -- Pastoral poetry in England -- Italian pastoral drama -- Dramatic origins of the English pastoral drama -- The three masterpieces: I. Fletcher's Faithful shepherdess. II. Randolph's Amyntas. III. Jonson's Sad shepherd -- The English pastoral drama -- Masques and general influence -- Appendix: I. On the origin and development of the Italian pastoral drama. II. Bibliography.
508 _aProduced by Distributed Proofreaders
520 _a"Pastoral Poetry & Pastoral Drama" by W. W. Greg is a literary inquiry published in the early 20th century. This work explores the evolution and significance of pastoral literature, with a particular emphasis on pre-Restoration English pastoral drama and its foundations in the broader European pastoral tradition. Greg investigates various forms of pastoral poetry and drama, tracing their origins and transformations across centuries. The opening of the inquiry outlines Greg's motivation for writing this extensive examination. He details a decade-long journey that began with a short article on English pastoral drama, emphasizing its necessity for a nuanced understanding of broader European pastoralism. The text introduces the complex nature of pastoral literature, which often blurs the lines between reality and artistic idealization, and sets the stage for a more intricate analysis of its historical and literary development, starting with foreign influences before navigating through English pastoral practices. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aEnglish poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
653 _aPastoral poetry -- History and criticism
653 _aEnglish drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism
653 _aPastoral poetry, English -- History and criticism
653 _aCountry life in literature
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12218
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