U7 L10 Oliver Goldsmith Flashcards
What were the reasons Oliver Goldsmith and Samuel Johnson were friends?
- same ideas
- same writing jobs
- wrote for same reasons
- tories
- Literary club
- admired Pope and Swift
What did Goldsmith and Johnson have in common in terms for the reasons for writing?
- ease their poverty
- instruct/please public
When and where was Goldsmith born?
Ireland, 1730
Who was Goldsmith the son of?
rector of a small church
What is a rector?
clergyman in charge of a parish
From 1756, what were the different ways Goldsmith tried to earn a living?
- acting
- assisting apothecary
- doctoring slums
- proofreading
- teaching
- reviewing
- translating
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Despite Goldsmith’s failed attempts to support himself, how did it influence his writing?
- teach him about human nature
- write entertainingly/clearly without stiff style
From 1757 to 1762, how many periodicals did Goldsmith contribute to?
10
In 1759, when Goldsmith was contributing to the periodical The Bee, what did he publish?
An Enquiry into the Present State of Polite Learning in Europe
From 1760 to 1761, which essays appeared in The Public Ledger?
Citizen of the World
In what form were the Citizen of the World essays written in?
letters from a Chinese traveler in London to home
What is apothecary?
preparing/selling drugs
What message did Goldsmith present in the Citizen of the World?
one should be tolerant of the customs of other nations
What does flat mouthpieces mean?
- character with a single idea/quality
- doesn’t surprise reader
In 1764, what was the poem Goldsmith published? What theme does it tell?
- The Traveler
- excesses and happiness
- excess of anything can lead to unhappiness
What poetic conventions did Goldsmith use in his poetry?
- poetic diction
- personification
In 1770, what was the most famous poem Goldsmith published? What did it appeal against?
- The Deserted Village
- injustices and materialism of the age
In 1766, what novel did Goldsmith publish? Why did he do it?
- The Vicar of Wakefield
- pay debt to landlady
What does The Vicar of Wakefield portray?
- Primrose family make wealthy matches for daughters but oops we did a mistakey
- gots to learn the danger of false appearances, evils of ambition and moral strength
- horrors of prison life
- satirized ambitious females
What was the play that Goldsmith wrote in 1771 and was produced in 1773?
She Stoops to Conquer
What was the less successful play that was produced in 1768?
The Good Natured Man
How did Goldsmith die?
- fever from bladder infection
- worry of 2000 pound debt
Who wrote Goldsmith’s epitaph?
Samuel Johnson
Goldsmith wrote The Deserted Village to describe the results of what?
Enclosure acts
What has The Deserted Village been called?
pastoral elegy
What is The Deserted Village written in? What does it also use?
- heroic couplet
- poetic diction and personification
Does The Deserted Village sometimes repeat laments to build emotional impact?
yes
What does Goldsmith emphasize in The Deserted Village?
rural self-reliance destroyed by greedy landowners and industrialization
