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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... Shepherd's Week was aimed at Philips and was connected with this quarrel . The argument centred , insofar as it was not a matter of person- alities , around the literary question of imitation . Does the pastoral poet ( and of course ...
... Shepherd's Week was aimed at Philips and was connected with this quarrel . The argument centred , insofar as it was not a matter of person- alities , around the literary question of imitation . Does the pastoral poet ( and of course ...
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... Shepherd's Week . 1714. Facsimile edn . Menston , 1969 . Fables . 1727 and 1738. Facsimile edn . Menston , 1969 . The Letters of John Gay . Ed . C. F. Burgess . Oxford , 1966 . Samuel Johnson . Life of Gay in Johnson's Lives of the ...
... Shepherd's Week . 1714. Facsimile edn . Menston , 1969 . Fables . 1727 and 1738. Facsimile edn . Menston , 1969 . The Letters of John Gay . Ed . C. F. Burgess . Oxford , 1966 . Samuel Johnson . Life of Gay in Johnson's Lives of the ...
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... SHEPHERD'S WEEK In Six Pastorals [ 1714 ] THE PROEME To the Courteous READER Great Marvell bath it been , ( and that not unworthily ) to diverse worthy Wits that in this our Island of Britain , in all rare ... Shepherd's Week The Proeme.
... SHEPHERD'S WEEK In Six Pastorals [ 1714 ] THE PROEME To the Courteous READER Great Marvell bath it been , ( and that not unworthily ) to diverse worthy Wits that in this our Island of Britain , in all rare ... Shepherd's Week The Proeme.
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Chronology of Life and Works | 18 |
The Proeme | 25 |
Copyright | |
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