The Poems of Various Subjects of Thomas Warton, B. D. Now First Collected.

WARTON, Thomas:

Edité par London: Printed for G G J and J Robinson First edition of his Collected Poems, 1791

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8vo (in 4s), pp. xi [xii blank], 292 pages, bound in contemporary half calf over marble boards, gilt ruled spine with the original red morocco title label, slight wear to head of upper joint and a few extremities but an unusally VG clean tightly bound copy of this scarce collection of poems by the Poet Laureate Thomas Warton. (ESTC, T127557). The last recorded copy sold at auction was at Sotheby's English Literature Sale, 2008, for £750 plus commission). Born in Hampshire, Thomas Warton was appointed Poet Laureate in 1785, Warton was also a literary historian and critic and is listed as having produced the first History of English Poetry. He was a highly regarded scholar. Warton died before he was able to complete The History of English Poetry from the Close of the Eleventh to the Commencement of the Eighteenth Century, 3 vols. (1774 81), a work which preoccupied much of his writing life and gave insights on medieval and Elizabethan Literature. An edited version of the work was published by W.C Hazlitt in 1871. Warton was a Professor of Poetry and Fellow at Trinity College. He edited Milton s early poems and was Editor general of The Oxford Sausage . An early work, The Pleasures of Melancholy was published in 1747 and influenced poets writing in the romantic style and the so-called Cult of Melancholy . After his appointment as Poet Laureate, he produced a series of Probationary Odes in formal style. His poetry is thought to have been influenced by Chaucer, Drayton, Fairfax, and Spenser.

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• Titre: The Poems of Various Subjects of Thomas Warton, B. D. Now First Collected.
• Éditeur: London: Printed for G G J and J Robinson First edition of his Collected Poems
• Date de parution: 1791
• Langue: anglais
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Very Good
• Catalogues du vendeur:
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  • Literature
  • Poetry