Miscellany 1759-1763

by William Shenstone (Editor)

William Shenstone, 18th-century poet and landscape architect, was also an important arbiter of English literary taste. His ideals of poetry were simplicity, pastoral elegance, and an accent on the innocent pleasures of country life. Shenstone's Miscellany was carefully chosen to illustrate his theories of poetry. It contains the verse of Horace Walpole, Jonathan Swift, and many members of Shenstone's circle.

186 pages, Hardcover

First published November 16, 1978

About the author

William Shenstone (1714-1763) was an English poet and landscape gardener.

Reviews

[Kelvin O'Connell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Writing my capstone on this clunker and i am ripping eyelashes out one by one

"Sans shoes sans hose sans shirt sans everything"

And Thomas Percy I will strangle you for 10 seconds for each old Spanish poem you put in here like you are literally fucking tearing apart my thesis by these INANE INCLUSIONS YOU ABSOLUTE TOSSPOT