
This selection from a master of parody and pastiche enables Gay's poetry to take place alongside his drama as a distinctive reflection of his age.

While part of the association of wits that included Pope and Swift, John Gay (1685-1732) developed an original idiom in which he presented an insistently social world. His voice and the voice of his age sound clearly in this collection of his poetry.

A selection of the poetry of John Gay (1685-1732) who was part of the 'association of wits' that included Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift. His wit is characterised by a benign and ironic sense of the fallibility of humankind.