9. Pastoral and Soledad

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Foreword v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Contents ix
5. 1. The Oaten Flute 1
6. 2. Pastoral Love 42
7. 3. The Funeral Elegy 64
8. 4. Milton’s Lycidas 83
9. 5. The Christian Pastoral 105
10. 6. Dante “Poco Tempo Silvano”: A Pastoral Oasis in the Commedia 135
11. 7. The Poetics of the Pastoral 153
12. 8. The Pastoral of the Self 166
13. 9. Pastoral and Soledad 182
14. 10. Naboth’s Vineyard: The Pastoral View of the Social Order 194
15. 11. “Arkadisch Frei Sei Unser Glück!”: Goethe and the Pastoral 220
16. 12. Gogol’s Old-fashioned Landowners: An Inverted Eclogue 241
17. 13. Tolstoys Domestic Happiness: Beyond Pastoral Love 265
18. 14. “L'Heure du Berger”: Mallarmes Grand Eclogue 283
19. Bibliographical Note 315
20. Notes 317
21. Index 333