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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... 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 Point of Death . Fable XXXIX : The Father and Jupiter Fable XL : The Two ...
... 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 Point of Death . Fable XXXIX : The Father and Jupiter Fable XL : The Two ...
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... fable figures . Sometimes they are representatives of human types , sometimes they are clearly not human . There is no simple repetition of figurative procedure from one fable to the next , but a multiplicity of moral perspectives and ...
... fable figures . Sometimes they are representatives of human types , sometimes they are clearly not human . There is no simple repetition of figurative procedure from one fable to the next , but a multiplicity of moral perspectives and ...
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... fable becomes a perfect form for the investigation of man's moral nature . Thus in Fable 40 two grave apes , imagining themselves , as mankind may do with a restricted vision , to be the prototypes of wisdom , are amused that men should ...
... fable becomes a perfect form for the investigation of man's moral nature . Thus in Fable 40 two grave apes , imagining themselves , as mankind may do with a restricted vision , to be the prototypes of wisdom , are amused that men should ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Chronology of Life and Works | 18 |
The Proeme | 25 |
Copyright | |
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