John Gay: A Profession of Friendship

by David Nokes

This major biography is the first full-length life of John Gay (1685-1732) for over fifty years. David Nokes's detailed and extensive research has unearthed several new discoveries, including hitherto unpublished letters, and possible attributions. Presenting Gay as a complex character, torn between the hopes of court preferment and the assertion of literary independence, this book is at once a lively and readable biography for the non-specialist,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198129718
• ISBN13: 9780198129714
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.7" x 8.8"