Oliver Goldsmith has a claim to be the only eighteenth-century author who wrote canonical works in prose fiction, poetry, and drama. An Irish writer working at the centre of the British and Irish Enlightenments, with all the rich complications of identity this entailed, he authored The Vicar of Wakefield, The Deserted Village, and She Stoops to Conquer, works that number among the greatest literary productions of the century. He was also a major historian, biographer, journalist, and translator operating at the heart of literary London. Through four sections covering Goldsmith's Life and Career; Social, Cultural, and Intellectual Contexts; Literary Contexts; and Critical Fortunes and Afterlives, this volume engages with a wide range of illuminating topics that will allow both new and experienced readers of Goldsmith to understand more deeply the impact he had on his times and the powerful influence he exerted on subsequent literary culture.
| ISBN: | 9781316518915 |
| Publication date: | 7th November 2024 |
| Author: | Michael J Griffin, David OShaughnessy |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 345 pages |
| Series: | Literature in Context |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800 Literary studies: plays and playwrights Literary reference works Poetry by individual poets |
Oliver Goldsmith has a claim to be the only eighteenth-century author who wrote canonical works in prose fiction, poetry, and drama. An Irish writer working at the centre of the British and Irish Enlightenments, with all the rich complications of identity this entailed, he authored The Vicar of Wakefield, The Deserted Village, and She Stoops to Conquer, works that number among the greatest literary productions of the century. He was also a major historian, biographer, journalist, and translator operating at the heart of literary London. Through four sections covering Goldsmith's Life and Career; Social, Cultural, and Intellectual Contexts; Literary Contexts; and Critical Fortunes and Afterlives, this volume engages with a wide range of illuminating topics that will allow both new and experienced readers of Goldsmith to understand more deeply the impact he had on his times and the powerful influence he exerted on subsequent literary culture.
Oliver Goldsmith in Context features in the following genres: Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Literary reference works, Poetry by individual poets
Oliver Goldsmith in Context is available in Hardback
Oliver Goldsmith in Context was written by Michael J Griffin, David OShaughnessy and published by Cambridge University Press
Oliver Goldsmith in Context has 345 pages
Yes it is part of Literature in Context series