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Excerpt from The Poetical Works of John Gay, Vol. 2 of 1: With a Memoir About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Excerpt from The Poetical Works of John Gay, Vol. 2 Gay's published translations are confined to portions of Ovid's Metamorphoses. His version of the first fable of the Sixth Book - Arachne in Araneam mutata - originally appeared in a Miscellany, published by Lintot in 1719, which, by the way, also contained the first sketch of Pope's Rape of the Lock. His translations from the Ninth Book were made for the English edition of the Metamorphoses brought out by Sir Samuel Garth in 1717. ('Ovid's Metamorphoses, in Fifteen Books, Translated by the most eminent hands. Adorn'd with Sculptures. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson at Shakespeare's Head over-against Katherine Street in the Strand. MDCCXVII.') This 'noble folio' also contained versions by Dryden (Book I.), Addison (Books II. and III.), Maynwaring, Croxall, Rowe, Tate, and Garth himself. Pope contributed a metrical version of one of the fables of the Ninth Book - Dryope in Loton transormatur - which will be found in the original edition between Gay's 'Transformation of Galanthis, ' and his 'Story of Iolaus'. The translations here given were not included by Gay in any collected edition of his works; but they find a place in Bell's four-volume edition(1773), though their source is not in any way indicated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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'Gamesters and Highwaymen are generally very good to their Whores, but they are very Devils to their Wives.' With The Beggar's Opera (1728), John Gay created one of the most enduringly popular works in English theatre history, and invented a new dramatic form, the ballad opera. Gay's daring mixture of caustic political satire, well-loved popular tunes, and a story of crime and betrayal set in the urban underworld of prostitutes and thieves was an overnight sensation. Captain Macheath and Polly Peachum have become famous well beyond the confines of Gay's original play, and in its sequel, Polly, banned in Gay's lifetime, their adventures continue in the West Indies. With a cross-dressing heroine and a cast of female adventurers, pirates, Indian princes, rebel slaves, and rapacious landowners, Polly lays bare a culture in which all human relationships are reduced to commercial transactions. Raucous, lyrical, witty, ironic and tragic by turns, The Beggar's Opera and Polly - published together here for the first time - offer a scathing and ebullient portrait of a society in which statesmen and outlaws, colonialists and pirates, are impossible to tell apart. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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