Opis: The Fables of John Gay - Gay John

Excerpt from The Fables of John Gay: With Biographical and Critical Introduction and Bibliograhical Appendix

Comparatively few words are necessary to introduce this volume to the public through the medium of the Chandos Classics. The popularity of these "Fables" has been proved by the numerous editions which have appeared from time to time in this and other countries.

Apart from the "Fables" themselves, this volume contains a fuller biographical notice than has previously been issued, in which the writer has taken advantage of many interesting facts which have recently come to light in connection with Gay's life and works; he has incorporated in the sketch some valuable and interesting statements made at Barnstaple, on the occasion of the bicentenary of Gay's birth in that town. Also for the first time in any complete biography, a correct statement appears as to the date of the poet's birth, previous writers having accepted an erroneous statement on this point. One other important feature of tin's work is the Bibliographical Appendix, which contains, as far as possible, a record of all the editions of the fables known. That it may be incomplete is quite within the bounds of probability, as new editions are being frequently brought under the writer's notice. But the list here given includes all the entries in the British Museum printed catalogue, and many others, copies of which the British Museum does not appear to possess, but which are in the writer's own collection.

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Szczegóły: The Fables of John Gay - Gay John

Nazwa: The Fables of John Gay With Biographical and Critical Introduction and Bibliograhical Appendix (Classic Reprint)
Autor: Gay John
Wydawnictwo: FB &c Ltd
Kod paskowy: 9781451010756
Języki: angielski
Ilość stron: 326
Format: 15.2x22.9cm
Oprawa: Miękka

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