An essay on epic poetry : in five epistles to the Revd. Mr. Mason
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Type of record: Book
Title: An essay on epic poetry : in five epistles to the Revd. Mr. Mason
Classmark: Roberts Collection/HAY
Creator(s): Hayley, William (1745-1820)
Additional creator(s): Dodsley, James (1724-1797) (Other)
Related people: Dodsley, James
Publisher: printed for J. Dodsley
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1782
Language: English
Size and medium: [4],298,[2]p
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/337072
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991010817649705181
Description
Extensive notes to the third epistle include verse translations, with original texts, of extracts of works by Cavalcanti and Dante, Alonso de Ercilla and Camoens.
With a half-title and a final errata leaf.
Indexed in: ESTC,
Additional description
Bound with 5 other publications by the same author. Volume contents: 1. A poetical epistle to an eminent painter. 1779. -- 2. Epistle to a friend on the death of John Thornton Esq. 1780. 3. Ode, inscribed to John Howard Esq. 1780. -- 4. An essay on history in three epistles to Edward Gibbon Esq. 1780. -- 5. The triumphs of temper a poem. 1781. -- 6. An essay on epic poetry in five epistles. 1782.
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