John Gay
Gay, John - 1685–1732, English playwright and poet, b. Barnstaple, Devon. Educated at the local grammar school, he was apprenticed to a silk mercer for a brief time before commencing his literary career in London. The first of his writings to have any real merit were the mock pastoral, The Shepherd's Week (1714), and Trivia (1716), an amusing description of London life. He is remembered Read More...
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The Poetical Works of John Gay, including Polly, the Beggar's Opera, and Selections from the Other Dramatic Work
by John Gay, G. C. Faber. 702 pgs.
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The Burlesque Tradition in the English Theatre after 1660 ("John Gay" begins on p. 43)
by V. C. Clinton-Baddeley. 156 pgs.
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English Literature from Dryden to Burns ("John Gay (1685-1732)" begins on p. 190)
by Alan Dugald McKillop. 454 pgs.
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A Survey-History of English Literature ("John Gay" begins on p. 358)
by William Bradley Otis, Morriss H. Needleman. 688 pgs.
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Studies in the Comic ("The Beggar's Opera" begins on p. 197)
by J. R. Caldwell, W. H. Durham, B. H. Lehman, Gordon McKenzie, J. F. Ross. 298 pgs.
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Cyclopedia of World Authors (1958) ("John Gay" begins on p. 409)
by Frank N. Magill, Dayton Kohler. 1204 pgs.
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