Greg, Walter W., 1875-1959 / 2008-06-25 00:00:00

EBOOK PASTORAL POETRY AND PASTORAL DRAMA ***


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Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama


_Far, far from here ...
The sunshine in the happy glens is fair,
And by the sea, and in the brakes
The grass is cool, the sea-side air
Buoyant and fresh._
Matthew Arnold.


Pastoral Poetry & Pastoral Drama
A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in
England.
By Walter W. Greg, M.A.
MCMVI.
Oxford: Horace Hart
Printer to the University


MAGISTRIS MEIS
AMICISQVE


Preface

Some ten years ago, it may be, Mr. St. Loe Strachey suggested that I
should write an article on 'English Pastoral Drama' for a magazine of
which he was then editor. The article was in the course of time written,
and in the further course of time appeared. I learnt two things from
writing it: first, that to understand the English pastoral drama it was
necessary to have some more or less extensive knowledge of the history of
European pastoralism in general; secondly, that there was no critical work
from which such knowledge could be obtained.
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