Pastoral Authority

IF 0.8 2区文学 0 LITERATURE

New Literary History Pub Date : 2024-03-12 DOI:10.1353/nlh.2024.a922189

Nathan TeBokkel

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Abstract

Abstract:

We are “label eaters”; we eat “storied food.” In agricultural and literary history, the food label is a central medium, the pastoral a central genre. Revisiting the pastoral through William Empson’s influential theory and through science and technology studies, this essay argues that the pastoral covertly legitimates authority by overtly mediating nature. It was refined during the consummation of agricultural improvement, or romanticism, by authors such as Arthur Young, William Wordsworth, and Fredrick Accum. This revised theory of the pastoral genre facilitates an examination of today’s “clean label” trend as part of a broader coalescence of populism and technocracy.

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摘要:我们是 "吃标签的人"；我们吃 "有故事的食物"。在农业史和文学史上，食品标签是一种核心媒介，田园牧歌是一种核心体裁。本文通过威廉-恩普森（William Empson）极具影响力的理论和科技研究重新审视田园诗，认为田园诗通过公开调解自然，隐蔽地使权威合法化。阿瑟-扬、威廉-华兹华斯和弗雷德里克-阿克姆等作家在农业改良或浪漫主义的高潮中对田园诗进行了完善。这种经过修订的田园诗体裁理论有助于对当今的 "纯标签 "趋势进行审视，将其视为民粹主义和技术主义广泛融合的一部分。

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1.50

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期刊介绍： New Literary History focuses on questions of theory, method, interpretation, and literary history. Rather than espousing a single ideology or intellectual framework, it canvasses a wide range of scholarly concerns. By examining the bases of criticism, the journal provokes debate on the relations between literary and cultural texts and present needs. A major international forum for scholarly exchange, New Literary History has received six awards from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals.