The Poetical Works of Christopher Smart: Volume VI. A Poetical Translation of the Fables of Phaedrus

The Poetical Works of Christopher Smart: Volume VI. A Poetical Translation of the Fables of Phaedrus PDF

Author: Christopher Smart

Publisher: C Oet T Oxford English Texts

Published: 1996-08-08

Total Pages: 184

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This is a literary critical edition of Christopher Smart's translation of Phaedrus's fables. Many of the best known Aesopian fables are in fact the work of the Roman poet Phaedrus, a freed slave. Smart's version aims to capture the spirit and humour of the Latin originals.

The Annotated Letters of Christopher Smart

The Annotated Letters of Christopher Smart PDF

Author: Christopher Smart

Publisher: SIU Press

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 9780809316090

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The only collection of all known letters of Christopher Smart provides the best psychological explanation to date of that complex and elusive eighteenth-century poet. The significant characteristics that distinguish Smart’s prose letters from his poetry, Betty Rizzo and Robert Mahony note, are that his letters were requests for assistance while his verses were bequests, gifts in which he set great store. Indeed, it was Smart’s lifelong conviction that he was a poet of major importance. As Smart biographer Karina Williamson notes, "The splendidly informative and vivaciously written accounts of the circumstances surrounding each letter, or group of letters, add up to what is in effect a miniature biography."

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