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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... Pope , for the moral indignation that arises from idealism , we shall be dis- appointed . Pope has a large and apprehensible vision of the good society and the good man , though he portrays them at least as often by their negatives as ...
... Pope , for the moral indignation that arises from idealism , we shall be dis- appointed . Pope has a large and apprehensible vision of the good society and the good man , though he portrays them at least as often by their negatives as ...
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John Gay Marcus Walsh. coffee house , and Pope's rapidly increasing alienation from this basically Whig group , caused him to mount a stinging ironic attack on Philips in Guardian 40 ( 1713 ) . A letter from Pope to John Caryll of 8 June ...
John Gay Marcus Walsh. coffee house , and Pope's rapidly increasing alienation from this basically Whig group , caused him to mount a stinging ironic attack on Philips in Guardian 40 ( 1713 ) . A letter from Pope to John Caryll of 8 June ...
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... Pope's First Satire of the Second Book of Horace Imitated ( 1733 ) , is an explicit apology for satire , announcing ... Pope was at work on the Epistles to Several Persons , Gay finds in the verse - epistle a proper form for a poetry ...
... Pope's First Satire of the Second Book of Horace Imitated ( 1733 ) , is an explicit apology for satire , announcing ... Pope was at work on the Epistles to Several Persons , Gay finds in the verse - epistle a proper form for a poetry ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Chronology of Life and Works | 18 |
The Proeme | 25 |
Copyright | |
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