Goldsmith’s “Deserted Village” (p. 2877)
Category: Poem
Date: 1764
**Irish poet
-commentary on the Enclosure Acts (govt taking Yeoman’s land away to use for farming/natl parks)
-luxury (wealth, city, BAD) vs. rural (virtue, equality, happiness)
-nostalgic lament
-all virtues leave the land – rich possess and corrupt all and throw everyone into poverty
-birds no longer fill forest with song, instead there are bats
-happy egalitarian huge gap between wealthy and poor
-ashley smith
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