What Is Pastoral? / Paul Alpers.

One of the enduring traditions of Western literary history, pastoral is often mischaracterized as a catchall for literature about rural themes and nature in general. In What Is Pastoral?, distinguished literary historian Paul Alpers argues that pastoral is based upon a fundamental fiction--that the...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Alpers, Paul J.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1996.
Subjects:	Pastoral literature > History and criticism. Literature. Pastoral literature. Criticism, interpretation, etc.