The Resource John Gay, a profession of friendship, David Nokes
John Gay, a profession of friendship, David Nokes
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- Summary
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- This major biography is the first full-length life of John Gay (1685-1732) for over fifty years. David Nokes's detailed and extensive research has unearthed several new discoveries, including hitherto unpublished letters, and possible attributions. Presenting Gay as a complex character, torn between the hopes of court preferment and the assertion of literary independence, this book is at once a lively and readable biography for the non-specialist, as well as a comprehensive and scholarly study. Perhaps best-known for The Beggar's Opera, John Gay is here revealed to be a contradictory figure whose life defies strict generic categories. Often cast as a neglected genius, dependent upon others, Gay in fact left a considerable fortune after his death. Depicted both as childlike innocent and rakish ladies' man by his friends, he produced the most successful and subversive theatrical satire of his generation, and volumes of Fables which remained best-sellers for over a century
- David Nokes argues that Gay's self-effacing and self-mocking literary persona was largely responsible for perpetuating an image of himself as a genial literary non-entity. Hence Gay's authorship has been frequently questioned and often attributed, at least in part, to his friends in the Scriblerus Club - Pope, Swift, and Arbuthnot. John Gay, A Profession of Friendship finally views Gay as a man whose struggles for literary and social recognition led him, paradoxically, to project a deliberately enigmatic personality
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xv, 563 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- In paternal land
- The london apprentice
- Grub Street Apollo
- In attendance
- Taking sides
- Envoy
- Extraordinary
- Trivial pursuits
- The confederates
- The beast of blois
- Bubbled
- A will of my own
- The hare and many friends
- Company of beggars
- The terror of ministers
- Industry and idleness
- Isbn
- 9780198129714
- Label
- John Gay, a profession of friendship
- Title
- John Gay, a profession of friendship
- Statement of responsibility
- David Nokes
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- This major biography is the first full-length life of John Gay (1685-1732) for over fifty years. David Nokes's detailed and extensive research has unearthed several new discoveries, including hitherto unpublished letters, and possible attributions. Presenting Gay as a complex character, torn between the hopes of court preferment and the assertion of literary independence, this book is at once a lively and readable biography for the non-specialist, as well as a comprehensive and scholarly study. Perhaps best-known for The Beggar's Opera, John Gay is here revealed to be a contradictory figure whose life defies strict generic categories. Often cast as a neglected genius, dependent upon others, Gay in fact left a considerable fortune after his death. Depicted both as childlike innocent and rakish ladies' man by his friends, he produced the most successful and subversive theatrical satire of his generation, and volumes of Fables which remained best-sellers for over a century
- David Nokes argues that Gay's self-effacing and self-mocking literary persona was largely responsible for perpetuating an image of himself as a genial literary non-entity. Hence Gay's authorship has been frequently questioned and often attributed, at least in part, to his friends in the Scriblerus Club - Pope, Swift, and Arbuthnot. John Gay, A Profession of Friendship finally views Gay as a man whose struggles for literary and social recognition led him, paradoxically, to project a deliberately enigmatic personality
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Nokes, David
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Gay, John
- Authors, English
- Label
- John Gay, a profession of friendship, David Nokes
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [548]-551) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- In paternal land -- The london apprentice -- Grub Street Apollo -- In attendance -- Taking sides -- Envoy -- Extraordinary -- Trivial pursuits -- The confederates -- The beast of blois -- Bubbled -- A will of my own -- The hare and many friends -- Company of beggars -- The terror of ministers -- Industry and idleness
- Control code
- 30895910
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xv, 563 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780198129714
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 94005384
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (WaOLN)1653516
- Label
- John Gay, a profession of friendship, David Nokes
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [548]-551) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- In paternal land -- The london apprentice -- Grub Street Apollo -- In attendance -- Taking sides -- Envoy -- Extraordinary -- Trivial pursuits -- The confederates -- The beast of blois -- Bubbled -- A will of my own -- The hare and many friends -- Company of beggars -- The terror of ministers -- Industry and idleness
- Control code
- 30895910
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xv, 563 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780198129714
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 94005384
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (WaOLN)1653516
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