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James Arbuckle: Selected Works
Richard (Ed) Holmes
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Description for James Arbuckle: Selected Works
Hardback. Editor(s): Holmes, Richard. Num Pages: 214 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGL; DSB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
James Arbuckle (c.1700–1742), poet and essayist, was born in Belfast to a Presbyterian merchant family of Scottish origin and educated at Glasgow University (1717–1723). In Glasgow, his poetry, influenced by Pope and the Latin classics, won praise from leading members of Scotland’s literary and political establishment, including Allan Ramsay. In 1723 he moved to Dublin, producing under the name “Hibernicus” Ireland’s first literary journal, in collaboration with a group of young Whig intellectuals forming the “Molesworth circle”. He aimed at first to avoid politics, but in the highly politicized Dublin of Dean Swift that proved impossible. He was satirized by ... Read more
James Arbuckle (c.1700–1742), poet and essayist, was born in Belfast to a Presbyterian merchant family of Scottish origin and educated at Glasgow University (1717–1723). In Glasgow, his poetry, influenced by Pope and the Latin classics, won praise from leading members of Scotland’s literary and political establishment, including Allan Ramsay. In 1723 he moved to Dublin, producing under the name “Hibernicus” Ireland’s first literary journal, in collaboration with a group of young Whig intellectuals forming the “Molesworth circle”. He aimed at first to avoid politics, but in the highly politicized Dublin of Dean Swift that proved impossible. He was satirized by ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
210
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
214
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611485530
SKU
V9781611485530
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99-15
About Richard (Ed) Holmes
Richard Holmes is a research associate at the University of Bristol.
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