Hardcover. This volume contains miscellaneous verse, arranged in chronological order, showing the pattern of Smart`s evolution from both academic and popular roles into a poet dedicated to Christian service. A scholarly edition of poetical works by Christopher Smart. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Title: The Poetical Works of Christopher Smart: Volume IV. Miscellaneous Poems, English and Latin (Hardcover)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford
Publication Date: 1987
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0198127685
ISBN 13: 9780198127680
Binding: Hardcover
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The present volume, which contains miscellaneous English and Latin verse, written throughout his career, shows Smart as he appeared to his contemporaries: a brilliant but wayward scholar, who threw away a life of distinction at Cambridge to engage in the raffish world of the London theaters and pleasure gardens. By presenting the poems in chronological order, it also reveals the pattern of his evolution from both academic and popular roles into a poet dedicated to Christian service. Over thirty pieces in this volume have not appeared in any previous collection, and several are reprinted for the first time since the 18th century. Translations are provided for all Latin poems.

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Christopher Smart (1722-1771) was an English poet, whose works include A Song to David and Jubilate Agno, both of which were at least partly written during his confinement in an insane asylum.

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