John Gay. Social Critic /
Armens, Sven M.
John Gay. Social Critic / Sven M. Armens. - 1 online resource
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter I. Implications of an Age of Innocence -- Chapter II. The Beggar's Milieu: The Beggar's Opera -- Chapter III. The Beggar's Milieu: Trivia -- Chapter IV. Wealth and Universal Darkness -- Chapter V. The Beggar's View of Augustan Courtly Love -- Chapter VI. Lobbin Rapin -- Chapter VII. Bob Booty and the Beast -- Chapter VIII. The Double View -- Appendix -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
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Examines the poetry of John Gay to get a more complete picture of his work and to analyze the validity of two common attitudes to the author: that he is the author of one successful-but-trivial play, the Beggar's Opera, or that he is a minor member of the Scriblerus Club notable for being a friend of Swift and Pope.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780231916943 9780231885003
10.7312/arme91694 doi
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
John Gay. Social Critic / Sven M. Armens. - 1 online resource
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter I. Implications of an Age of Innocence -- Chapter II. The Beggar's Milieu: The Beggar's Opera -- Chapter III. The Beggar's Milieu: Trivia -- Chapter IV. Wealth and Universal Darkness -- Chapter V. The Beggar's View of Augustan Courtly Love -- Chapter VI. Lobbin Rapin -- Chapter VII. Bob Booty and the Beast -- Chapter VIII. The Double View -- Appendix -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Examines the poetry of John Gay to get a more complete picture of his work and to analyze the validity of two common attitudes to the author: that he is the author of one successful-but-trivial play, the Beggar's Opera, or that he is a minor member of the Scriblerus Club notable for being a friend of Swift and Pope.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780231916943 9780231885003
10.7312/arme91694 doi
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.