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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John Gay Marcus Walsh. INTRODUCTION CLOSE contemporary and friend of Pope and Swift , John Gay has almost always been seen in their shadow . Samuel Johnson in his Life of Gay , written nearly fifty years after Gay's death , described him ...
John Gay Marcus Walsh. INTRODUCTION CLOSE contemporary and friend of Pope and Swift , John Gay has almost always been seen in their shadow . Samuel Johnson in his Life of Gay , written nearly fifty years after Gay's death , described him ...
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... John Gay . Ed . G. C. Faber . London , 1926 . John Gay : Poetry and Prose . Ed . V. A. Dearing and C. E. Beckwith : 2 vols . Oxford , 1974. Now the standard edition . The Shepherd's Week . 1714. Facsimile edn . Menston , 1969 . Fables ...
... John Gay . Ed . G. C. Faber . London , 1926 . John Gay : Poetry and Prose . Ed . V. A. Dearing and C. E. Beckwith : 2 vols . Oxford , 1974. Now the standard edition . The Shepherd's Week . 1714. Facsimile edn . Menston , 1969 . Fables ...
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John Gay Marcus Walsh. JOHN GAY ( 1685-1732 ) , part of the ' association of wits ' that included Pope , Swift , Bolingbroke and Arbuthnot , is a poet whose work has been overshadowed by that of his contemporaries . Yet Gay is a ...
John Gay Marcus Walsh. JOHN GAY ( 1685-1732 ) , part of the ' association of wits ' that included Pope , Swift , Bolingbroke and Arbuthnot , is a poet whose work has been overshadowed by that of his contemporaries . Yet Gay is a ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Chronology of Life and Works | 18 |
The Proeme | 25 |
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