Thomas Gray

A biography of the renowned English eighteenth-century poet and scholar Thomas Gray containing extensive quotations from Gray's literary work.

Ketton-Cremer (Author)

9780521141468, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 3 February 2011

344 pages
21.6 x 14 x 2 cm, 0.44 kg

This biography of the renowned English eighteenth-century poet and scholar Thomas Gray (1716–1771) was originally published in 1955. The text contains extensive quotations from Gray's literary work and correspondence which are counterpoised by a highly readable narrative of his life, most of which was spent at Cambridge University. Whilst Gray's poetic output was limited for various reasons, including an extremely self-critical attitude towards his own work, he remains a figure of great importance in eighteenth-century literature. This book reflects that importance, and it will be of value to anyone with an interest in English poetry, literary biography, or the cultural environment of the 1700s.

Preface
1. Childhood and Eton (1716–1734)
2. Cambridge (1734–1739)
3. The Grand Tour (1739–1741)
4. The early poems and the death of West (1741–1742)
5. Return to Cambridge (1742–1749)
56. The Elegy (1749–1753)
8. The Pindaric Odes and the migration to Pembroke College (1753–1756)
9. The publication of the Odes and their reception (1756–1757)
9. Miss Speed: the years in London: the Norse and Welsh poems (1757–1761)
10. Life at Cambridge: friends and occupations: the visit to Scotland (1761–1765)
11. The collected poems: the professorship of modern history: the Installation Ode (1766–1769)
12. Bonstetten and the final years (1769–1771)
13. Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]