John Gay. Social Critic / Sven M. Armens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Armens, Sven M., author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1954]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-88500-8

OCLC:

1100443435