THE COMPLAINT, OR NIGHT THOUGHTS
Piccadilly, John Sharpe, 1827. Full Marroon hard grain Morocco. THE COMPLAINT, OR NIGHT THOUGHTS
YOUNG, Edward
Published by John Sharpe, Piccadilly, 1827
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The Complaint or night thoughts, Young Edward, 12mo Bound in full marron hard grain Morocco extra gilt, 322pp with inscription on front free and paper.
Edward Young, (baptized July 3, 1683, Upham, Hampshire, Eng.—died April 5, 1765, Welwyn, Hertfordshire), English poet, dramatist, and literary critic, author of The Complaint: or, Night Thoughts (1742–45), a long, didactic poem on death. The poem was inspired by the successive deaths of his stepdaughter, in 1736; her husband, in 1740; and Young’s wife, in 1741. The poem is a blank-verse dramatic monologue of nearly 10,000 lines, divided into nine parts, or “Nights.” It was enormously popular. As a dramatist, Young lacked a theatrical sense, and his plays are rarely performed. Of them, The Revenge (Drury Lane, April 1721) is generally thought to be the best.
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Erotic Fore-Edge after Rowlandson. Although not by Rowlandson this painting is after Rowlandson;
Thomas Rowlandson 13 July 1757 – 21 April 1827) was an English artist and caricaturist of the Georgian Era, noted for his political satire and social observation. A prolific artist and printmaker, Rowlandson produced both individual social and political satires, as well as a large number of illustrations for novels, humorous books, and topographical works. Like other caricaturists of his age such as James Gillray, his caricatures are often robust or bawdy.
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