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The fountain -- Introduction / by Doreen Davie -- Berkeley's style in 'Siris' -- Berkeley and 'Philosophic words' -- Irony and conciseness in Berkeley and in Swift -- Scientist; philosopher; poet -- Berkeley and the style of dialogue -- The language of science and the language of literature, 1700-1740 -- 'The deserted village' : poem as virtual history -- Dramatic poetry : Dryden's conversation-piece -- The critical principles of William Cowper -- Christopher Smart : some neglected poems -- Yeats, Berkeley and romanticism - Augustan lyric -- Trevenen -- Politics and literature : John Adams and Doctor Johnson -- Edward Taylor and Isaac Watts -- Old dissent, 1700-1740 -- Dissent and the Wesleyans, 1740-1800 -- Notes on Goldsmith's politics -- Goldsmith as monarchist -- Disaffection of the dissenters under George III -- Index. |
