John Gay: A Profession of Friendship.

Contemporary Review | September 1, 1995| | Copyright

David Nokes. xvi + 563pp. Oxford University Press. 25. [pounds sterling] 0-19-812971-8.

John Gay is well known as the author of The Beggar's Opera, but few people know anything else about him. Now by trawling the correspondence of his contemporaries and public records Dr. Nokes has produced a detailed account of his career and a credible portrait of him.

Gay was born in Barnstaple and educated at the grammar school there. One of his teachers fancied himself as a poet and encouraged dramatic activities. But whatever literary ambitions he was forming were ...

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