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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... human intercourse . His chosen weapon is literary adaptation ; he is one of the foremost masters in English of parody , burlesque and pastiche , constantly testing the assumptions of literary conventions against the many sharp edges of ...
... human intercourse . His chosen weapon is literary adaptation ; he is one of the foremost masters in English of parody , burlesque and pastiche , constantly testing the assumptions of literary conventions against the many sharp edges of ...
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... 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 tones . On the one hand , for example , we have the ...
... 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 tones . On the one hand , for example , we have the ...
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... human pride With confutation ne'er comply'd , Let's state the case , and then refer The knotty point : For taste may ... human beast ) 140 A glutton is the rankest feast . Man , cease this boast ; for human pride Hath various tracts to ...
... human pride With confutation ne'er comply'd , Let's state the case , and then refer The knotty point : For taste may ... human beast ) 140 A glutton is the rankest feast . Man , cease this boast ; for human pride Hath various tracts to ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Chronology of Life and Works | 18 |
The Proeme | 25 |
Copyright | |
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