Life And Letters Of John Gay (1685-1732), Author of "The Beggar's Opera"
Life And Letters Of John Gay (1685-1732), Author of

Author: Lewis Melville

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-12-09

Total Pages: 127

ISBN-13:

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"Life And Letters Of John Gay (1685-1732), Author of "The Beggar's Opera"" by Lewis Melville John Gay was an English poet and dramatist and a member of the Scriblerus Club. He is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera whose characters became household names. In this book, Melville describes the life of this important figure in literary history through a collection of facts and letters that were collected and thoroughly researched to create an encompassing picture of Gay.

Letters from a Life
Letters from a Life

Author: Benjamin Britten

Publisher: Boydell Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 692

ISBN-13: 9781843833826

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Letters by the British composer to his friends, family, and colleagues document his life from school days to the end of World War II.

Walking the Streets of Eighteenth-Century London
Walking the Streets of Eighteenth-Century London

Author: Clare Brant

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2007-07-26

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 0199280495

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Walking the Streets of Eighteenth-Century London will entertain and inform all who are interested in literature, history, and the city of London. This unique book invites the reader to walk along the dirty, crowded, and fascinating streets of eighteenth-century London in an unusual way. Nine leading experts from the fields of literature, history, classics, gender, biography, geography, and costume, offer different interpretations of John Gay's poem Trivia: or, the Art of Walking the Streets of London (1716). The poem - a lively, funny, and thought-provoking statement about urban life - accompanies the essays, in a new edition with comprehensive notes. The introduction paints a vibrant picture of London in 1716, depicting Gay's fascinating life and literary world, offering an invaluable guide to the poem. Together, these elements allow the heat, grime, and smells of the underbelly of eighteenth-century London come alive in new ways.