Selected PoemsCarcanet, 1979 - 95 pages A selection of the poetry of John Gay (1685-1732) who was part of the 'association of wits' that included Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift. His wit is characterised by a benign and ironic sense of the fallibility of humankind. |
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Page 5
... Book I. Book III Eclogues The Birth of the Squire . The Tea - Table . . . Fables , 1727 Introduction to the Fables • • Fable X : The Elephant and the Bookseller . Fable XXIV : The Butterfly and the Snail . Fable XXIX : The Fox at the ...
... Book I. Book III Eclogues The Birth of the Squire . The Tea - Table . . . Fables , 1727 Introduction to the Fables • • Fable X : The Elephant and the Bookseller . Fable XXIV : The Butterfly and the Snail . Fable XXIX : The Fox at the ...
Page 17
... Book of Horace Imitated ( 1733 ) , is an explicit apology for satire , announcing Gay's intention to ' lash vice in gen'ral fiction ' ( line 49 ) and hold up the glass of satire to mankind ( line 54 ) . The 1738 Fables are much more ...
... Book of Horace Imitated ( 1733 ) , is an explicit apology for satire , announcing Gay's intention to ' lash vice in gen'ral fiction ' ( line 49 ) and hold up the glass of satire to mankind ( line 54 ) . The 1738 Fables are much more ...
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... BOOK I Of the Implements for walking the Streets , and Signs of the Weather Through Winter Streets to steer your Course aright , How to walk clean by Day , and safe by Night , How jostling Crouds , with Prudence , to decline , When to ...
... BOOK I Of the Implements for walking the Streets , and Signs of the Weather Through Winter Streets to steer your Course aright , How to walk clean by Day , and safe by Night , How jostling Crouds , with Prudence , to decline , When to ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Chronology of Life and Works | 18 |
The Proeme | 25 |
Copyright | |
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