The oaten flute : essays on pastoral poetry and the pastoral ideal

In a note discussing his writing plans, Renato Poggioli wrote that the book he was working on "tries to reconstruct and reinterpret the bucolic ideal as presented in the idyllic or quasi-idyllic literature of the past. The emphasis lies on the modern bucolic tradition, from the early Renaissance to the seventeenth and eighteenth century neoclassicism and preromanticism, from Sannazaro to Rousseau, but attention is also paid to the great classical precedent, as well as to the conscious or unconscious survivals of the bucolic attitude in the literature of our times. Each chapter or section deals with a separate theme and is centered on the critical analysis of one or more literary texts, typical or representative of that theme." With his death in an automobile accident on May 3, 1963, Poggioli's projected book remained unfinished. -- Foreword. Foreword Acknowledgments Contents 1. The Oaten Flute 2. Pastoral Love 3. The Funeral Elegy 4. Milton’s Lycidas 5. The Christian Pastoral 6. Dante “Poco Tempo Silvano”: A Pastoral Oasis in the Commedia 7. The Poetics of the Pastoral 8. The Pastoral of the Self 9. Pastoral and Soledad 10. Naboth’s Vineyard: The Pastoral View of the Social Order 11. “Arkadisch Frei Sei Unser Glück!”: Goethe and the Pastoral 12. Gogol’s Old-fashioned Landowners: An Inverted Eclogue 13. Tolstoys Domestic Happiness: Beyond Pastoral Love 14. “L'Heure du Berger”: Mallarmes Grand Eclogue Bibliographical Note Notes Index The Oaten Flute.--pastoral Love.--the Funeral Elegy.--milton's Lycidas.--the Christian Pastoral.--dante Poco Tempo Silvano : A Pastoral Oasis In The Commedia.--the Poetics Of The Pastoral.--the Pastoral Of The Self.--pastoral And Soledad.--naboth's Vineyard : The Pastoral View Of The Social Order.--arkadisch Frei Sei Unser Glück! : Goethe And The Pastoral.--gogol's Old-fashioned Landowners : An Inverted Eclogue.--tolstoy's Domestic Happiness : Beyond Pastoral Love.--l'heure Du Berger : Mallarmé's Grand Eclogue. Renato Poggioli. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.