John Gay : a profession of friendship
Nokes, David1995
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A critical study of John Gay (1685-1732), who is perhaps best known for "The Beggars Opera". The biography, which makes use of hitherto unpublished letters, presents Gay as a complex character, torn between the hopes of Court preferment and the assertion of literary independence.
Main title:
John Gay : a profession of friendship / David Nokes.
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Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1995.
Collation:
xv, 563 p.,[8]p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [548]-551) and index.
ISBN:
9780198129714
Local class:
B
Language:
English
BRN:
377172