A travelling man
Subtitle: eighteenth-century bearings
By: Donald Davie ; edited with an introduction by Doreen Davie.
Contributors: Davie, Doreen.
Publisher: Carcanet
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Manchester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
Subjects: English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism.; Great Britain -- Civilization -- 18th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The fountain; title: Introduction / by Doreen Davie; title: Berkeley's style in 'Siris'; title: Berkeley and 'Philosophic words'; title: Irony and conciseness in Berkeley and in Swift; title: Scientist; philosopher; poet; title: Berkeley and the style of dialogue; title: The language of science and the language of literature, 1700-1740; title: 'The deserted village' : poem as virtual history; title: Dramatic poetry : Dryden's conversation-piece; title: The critical principles of William Cowper; title: Christopher Smart : some neglected poems; title: Yeats, Berkeley and romanticism - Augustan lyric; title: Trevenen; title: Politics and literature : John Adams and Doctor Johnson; title: Edward Taylor and Isaac Watts; title: Old dissent, 1700-1740; title: Dissent and the Wesleyans, 1740-1800; title: Notes on Goldsmith's politics; title: Goldsmith as monarchist; title: Disaffection of the dissenters under George III.