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Klappentext Professor Tracy! the recognised expert on Savage! examines the life and works of this undervalued poet. Zusammenfassung Richard Savage was a minor eighteenth-century poet! known chiefly today for his associations with Pope and Johnson. However! his poetry is far more readable and valuable than has been suggested in the past. This definitive edition of Savage's works is by Professor Clarence Tracy! the recognised expert on Savage. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; The Poems: 1. Jacobite Poems; 2. The Convocation; 3. A Poem on the Memory of Mr Keene; 4. An Epistle to Mrs Oldfield; 5. To Mrs Eliz. Haywood; 6. An Apology to Brillante; 7. To the Right Honourable Bessy Countess of Rochford; 8. Versus sent to Aaron Hill, Esq; 9. Prologue to King Henry the VIth; 10. To Mrs Eliza Haywood; 11. To Mr Herbert Tryst; 12. To a Young Gentleman, a Painter; 13. The Picture; 14. The Friend [First Version]; 15. Verses on Gideon; 16. To the Excellent Miranda; 17. A Poem on the Recovery of her Grace the Dutchess of Rutland from the Small-Pox; 18. The Authors of the Town; 19. The Animalcule; 20. Unconstant; 21. The Gentleman; 22. A Poem sacred to King George; 23. The Bastard; 24. Fulvia; 25. A Grace after Dinner; 26. The Wanderer; 27. Epitaph on a Young Lady; 28. The Triumph of Health and Mirth; 29. A Poem to the Memory of Mrs Oldfield; 30. Volunteer Laureat, No. 1; 31. Religion and Liberty; 32. Volunteer Laureat, No. 2; 33. Epigram on John Dennis; 34. [Volunteer Laureat, No. 3]; 35. The Genius of Liberty; 36. Verses on the Vice-principal of St Mary Hall; 37. Character of the Rev. James Foster; 38. The Progress of a Divine; 39. Volunteer Laureat, No. 4; 40. Volunteer Laureat, No. 5; 41. To Miss M. H.; 42. An Epistle to Damon and Delia; 43. A Poet's Dependance on a Statesman; 44. The Friend [Second Version]; 45. Volunteer Laureat, No. 6; 46. Of Public Spirit in Regard to Public Works; 47. Volunteer Laureat, No. 7; 48. E Græco Ruf.; 49. On False Historians; 50. A Character; 51. Epitaph on Mrs Jones; 52. The Employment of Beauty; 53. Verses sent to Mrs Bridget Jones; 54. Valentine's Day; 55. To John Powell, Esq; 56. London and Bristol Delineated; Appendix: Dedication and preface to miscellaneous poems and translations; Index....
