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John Gays London Illustrated From The Poetry Of The Time
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Book Synopsis John Gay's London Illustrated from the Poetry of the Time by : William Henry Irving
Download or read book John Gay's London Illustrated from the Poetry of the Time written by William Henry Irving and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No detailed description available for "John Gay's London".
Download or read book John Gay's London written by Irvin and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis John Gay's London by : William Henry Irving
Download or read book John Gay's London written by William Henry Irving and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis JOHN GAY'S LONDON : ILLUSTRATES FROM THE POETRY OF THE TIME by : William Henry Irving
Download or read book JOHN GAY'S LONDON : ILLUSTRATES FROM THE POETRY OF THE TIME written by William Henry Irving and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reading London written by Erik Bond and published by Ohio State University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While seventeenth-century London may immediately evoke images of Shakespeare and thatched roof-tops and nineteenth-century London may call forth images of Dickens and cobblestones, a popular conception of eighteenth-century London has been more difficult to imagine. In fact, the immense variety of textual traditions, metaphors, classical allusions, and contemporary contexts that eighteenth-century writers use to illustrate eighteenth-century London may make eighteenth-century London seem more strange and foreign to twenty-first-century readers than any of its other historical reincarnations. Indeed, "imagining" a familiar, unified London was precisely the task that occupied so many writers in London after the 1666 Fire decimated the City and the 1688 Glorious Revolution destabilized the English monarchy's absolute power. In the authoritative void created by these two events, writers in London faced not only the problem of how to guide readers' imaginations to a unified conception of London, but also the problem of how to govern readers whom they would never meet. Erik Bond argues that Restoration London's rapidly changing administrative geography as well as mid-eighteenth-century London's proliferation of print helped writers generate several strategies to imagine that they could control not only other Londoners but also their interior selves. As a result, Reading London encourages readers to respect the historical alterity or "otherness" of eighteenth-century literature while recognizing that these historical alternatives prove that our present problems with urban societies do not have to be this way. In fact, the chapters illustrate how eighteenth-century writers gesture towards solutions to problems that urban citizens now face in terms of urban terror, crime, policing, and communal conduct.
Book Synopsis Delphi Complete Poetical Works of John Gay (Illustrated) by : John Gay
Download or read book Delphi Complete Poetical Works of John Gay (Illustrated) written by John Gay and published by Delphi Classics. This book was released on 2019-06-28 with total page 1675 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eighteenth century poet and dramatist, John Gay is best remembered for ‘The Beggar's Opera’ (1728), a ballad opera featuring the characters Captain Macheath and Polly Peachum, who swiftly became household names. Gay’s refined and satirical poetry was much influenced by his close friend Alexander Pope. His first important poem, ‘Rural Sports’, is a descriptive and didactic work in two short books dealing with hunting and fishing, as well as meditations on the Horatian theme of retirement. Gay’s finest poem, ‘Trivia: or, The Art of Walking the Streets of London’ (1716), displays an assured craftsmanship in which rhythm and diction portrays the many experiences he describes. Other notable poems include ‘The Shepherd’s Week’ (1714), a series of mock classical poems in a pastoral setting and the ‘Fables’ (1727), structured as octosyllabic illustrations of moral themes, often satirical in tone. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature’s finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents Gay’s complete poetical works, with related illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Gay’s life and works * Concise introduction to Gay’s life and poetry * Complete poetical works of John Gay, based on the Lawrence and Bullen Edition, 1893 * Includes Gay’s famous plays, including all of the ballad operas * Images of how the poetry books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the poems * Special alphabetical contents tables for the poetry * Easily locate the poems you want to read * Includes Gay’s letters — spend hours exploring the poet’s personal correspondence * Gay’s important prose pamphlet ‘The Present State of Wit’ * Features two biographies, including Samuel Johnson’s famous account of Gay’s life — discover the poet’s intriguing past * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to see our wide range of poet titles CONTENTS: The Life and Poetry of John Gay Brief Introduction: John Gay Complete Poetical Works of John Gay List of Poems in Alphabetical Order The Dramatic Works The Mohocks Three Hours after Marriage The Beggar’s Opera Polly Acis and Galatea Achilles The Letters List of Letters The Pamphlet The Present State of Wit The Biographies Gay by Samuel Johnson John Gay by Henry Austin Dobson Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of poetry titles or buy the entire Delphi Poets Series as a Super Set
Download or read book The Poems of John Gay written by John Gay and published by . This book was released on 1822 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis John Gay's Trivia and the Urban Landscape Poem by : Dianne Sigler Ames
Download or read book John Gay's Trivia and the Urban Landscape Poem written by Dianne Sigler Ames and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Fables of John Gay by : John Gay
Download or read book The Fables of John Gay written by John Gay and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The American Mercury by : George Jean Nathan
Download or read book The American Mercury written by George Jean Nathan and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Poems by John Gay: ... by : John Gay
Download or read book Poems by John Gay: ... written by John Gay and published by . This book was released on 1797 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book John Gay written by William Henry Irving and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Designs on Truth by : Gregory G. Colomb
Download or read book Designs on Truth written by Gregory G. Colomb and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 1992-09-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designs on Truth provides a reinterpretation of Augustan poetry, not as works to be defended before the court of Matthew Arnold and the Romantic tradition but as works that examine the rich relationships among text, culture, and world. In Designs on Truth, Gregory Colomb identifies the characteristics of the mock-epic and argues that the form had developed formal expectations. In making this argument, he explains the intentions of the writers of mock-epics, and expands our conception of the interest and significance of such poems. By demonstrating how these poems are supported by the genre's poetics, he brings out ways these poems differ from other &"Augustan&" poems such as the Horatian epistles that are often discussed with them. Designs on Truth puts into question the distinction between history and poetry in the mock-epic, examining it at three levels of poetic structure: fable (global narrative structure), and portraits (characterological narrative structure). Focusing chiefly on the mock-epic's representations in terms of class and &"kind,&" this study returns historical particulars to the central role that the poets had always given them and seeks to understand how they are made poetic. Designs on Truth shows how the poems themselves subvert any easy distinction between historical and poetic particulars. This often philosophical genre is itself a reconsideration of the role of reference (fact) and judgment (value) in representation. This study shows how representation and judgment work in the mock-epic, and how together they stand at the heart of the dominant Augustan poetic. Colomb also provides new readings of the mock-epic, including the first comprehensive reading of The Dispensary since the eighteenth century.
Book Synopsis The Poetical Works of John Gay by : John Gay
Download or read book The Poetical Works of John Gay written by John Gay and published by . This book was released on 1811 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Ragged London by : Michael FitzGerald
Download or read book Ragged London written by Michael FitzGerald and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-07-31 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ragged London describes life in the rookeries of London, where forty people would live together in one room. Although life was a constant struggle against famine, disease and violence, the people enjoyed a closeness that was moer than the result of overcrowding. Their lives were lived entirely within the 'mean streets' of their little corner of London. They were born and raised within the rookeries, earned their meagre living there, enjoyed life as best they could, dressed in the latest fashion, got married, had children, died and were buried there. The lack of cooking facilities led to them inventing the takeaway, and there was absolutely no sanitation. In the poorest district of all, St Giles, only a single water pump serviced the entire population. It was a closed world, although the population explosion of nineteenth-century London led to millions of new arrivals in the already-congested rookery districts. The areas were lawless to a degree that dwarfs contemporary concerns about crime. Though life as cheap in the rookeries, they produced some of the best soldiers and sailors in the British armed forces.
Book Synopsis The Poems of John Gay. (The Life of John Gay by : John Gay
Download or read book The Poems of John Gay. (The Life of John Gay written by John Gay and published by . This book was released on 1822 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Fables of John Gay by : John Gay
Download or read book The Fables of John Gay written by John Gay and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poems by the writer of The Beggar's Opera. John Gay had a humorously sardonic view of human nature. From three centuries ago, his Fables show that nothing changes. All life is here - charlatans, doxies, thugs, misers, the self-deluded, the gossips, the opportunist politicians ... and many animals who know better. Fully illustrated with line drawings by Dandi Palmer. From "The Elephant and the Bookseller": - When wrinkling with a sneer, his trunk, "Friend," quoth the Elephant, "you're drunk; E'en keep your money, and be wise: Leave man on man, to criticise; For that you ne'er can want a pen, Among the senseless sons of men. They unprovok'd, will court the fray: Envy's a sharper spur than pay. No author ever spared a brother; Wits are game-cocks, to one another.
