Poetry and Prose: 2 Volume set

by John Gay, Vinton A. Dearing (Editor), Charles E. Beckwith (Editor)

A scholarly edition of poetry and prose by John Gay. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.

659 pages, Hardcover

First published February 20, 1975

About the author

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John Gay was an English poet and dramatist. He is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera (1728), set to music by Johann Christoph Pepusch. The characters, including Captain Macheath and Polly Peachum, became household names.