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Green, Matthew
Green, Matthew (1697–1737), is remembered for his poem The Spleen (1737), which praises in fluent octosyllabics the simple life and describes his dream of ‘a farm some twenty miles from town’ where he could live on ‘two hundred pounds half-yearly paid’.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Green, Matthew." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Green, Matthew." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-GreenMatthew.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Green, Matthew." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-GreenMatthew.html |
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Matthew Green
Matthew Green 1696–1737, English poet. His one important poem, The Spleen (1737), marked by its wit, was in praise of the contemplative life. |
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"Matthew Green." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Matthew Green." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-GreenMa.html "Matthew Green." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-GreenMa.html |
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