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First published in 1995, David Nokes' major biography of John Gay (1685-1732) was the first full-length life of Gay for over fifty years, and drew on hitherto unpublished letters. Presenting Gay as a complex character, torn between the hopes of court preferment and the assertion of literary independence, Nokes offers both a lively and accessible read for the non-specialist and a comprehensive scholarly study. Best-known for The Beggar's Opera, Gay is here revealed as a contradictory figure. Nokes argues that Gay's self-effacing and self-mocking literary persona was largely responsible for perpetuating an image of himself as a genial literary non-entity. Often cast as a neglected genius, dependent on others, he in fact left a considerable fortune after his death. Depicted by his friends as both a childlike innocent and a rakish ladies' man, he produced the most successful and subversive theatrical satire of his generation, and volumes of bestselling Fables.

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Zařazení knihy Knihy v angličtině Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Plný název: John Gay
• Podnázev: A Profession of Friendship
• Autor: David Nokes
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Brožovaná
• Počet stran: 588
• EAN: 9780571320080
• ISBN: 0571320082
• ID: 04897127
• Nakladatelství: Faber & Faber
• Hmotnost: 718 g
• Rozměry: 137 × 217 × 46 mm
• Datum vydání: 21. August 2014

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