What Is Pastoral? - Paul Alpers - Books - The University of Chicago Press - 9780226015170 - June 1, 1997
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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.


444 pages

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released June 1, 1997
ISBN13 9780226015170
Publishers The University of Chicago Press
Pages 444
Dimensions 153 × 230 × 24 mm   ·   678 g
Language English  

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