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Christopher Anstey
Christopher Anstey , 1724–1805, English poet and satirist. He is known chiefly for The New Bath Guide (1766), a series of poetical episodes humorously depicting contemporary life at Bath. This work was widely read in its time and may have influenced Tobias Smollet's Humphrey Clinker. |
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"Christopher Anstey." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Christopher Anstey." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Anstey-C.html "Christopher Anstey." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Anstey-C.html |
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Anstey, Christopher
Anstey, Christopher (1724–1805), author of the New Bath Guide (1766), later illustrated by Cruikshank (1830), which consists of a series of letters in colloquial verse describing the adventures of squire Blunderhead and his family in Bath.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Anstey, Christopher." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Anstey, Christopher." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-AnsteyChristopher.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Anstey, Christopher." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-AnsteyChristopher.html |
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