| Description |
[2], iii, [3], 23, [1] p. |
| Series |
Library of English literature ; LEL 40153
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| Note |
1706 a misprint for 1716. cf. Cambridge bibliography of English literature. |
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Each poem preceded by a half-title page. |
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Published piratically by Edmund Curll through his friend, James Roberts (cf. Cambridge history of English literature) The advertisement contains an explanation that the public attributed the poems to a lady of quality, to John Gay, and to "no other hand, than the judicious translator of Homer" [i.e. Alexander Pope] |
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"...a small volume of satirical pieces which most critics now assign severally to Gay, Pope and ... Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, though the lady maintained that she was their sole author." - Ralph Straus. The unspeakable Curll. |
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Pope revenged Montagu and himself for the piracy in the manner recounted in his "Full and true account of a horrid and barbarous revenge by poison on the body of Mr. Edmund Curll, bookseller; with a faithful copy of his last will and testament." cf. Dictionary of national biography. |
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Contains 3 of the 6 poems published in Montagu's "Six town eclogues," 1747. |
| Reproduction |
Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc., 1976. 1 microfiche : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature ; LEL 40153) |
| Added Author |
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
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Gay, John, 1685-1732.
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| Added Title |
Six town eclogues.
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