The Poetical Works of Mark Akenside (Dodo Press)
Mark Akenside (1721-1770), was an English poet and physician. He was sent in 1739 to Edinburgh to study theology with a view to becoming a minister. After one winter as a theology student, he changed to medicine. In 1740 he became a deist, was elected a member of the Medical Society of Edinburgh and printed his Ode on the Winter Solstice in a small volume of poems. During a visit to Morpeth he had the idea for his didactic poem, The Pleasures of the Imagination (1744) which was well received, and was translated into many languages. In 1745 appeared his Odes on Several Subjects and in 1746 he wrote his much-praised Hymn to the Naiads. He then…
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Weitere Autoren: Gilfillan, Rev George (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-4099-3968-9
- EAN: 9781409939689
- Produktnummer: 6711893
- Verlag: Lulu Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 288 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.7 cm 426 g
- Gewicht: 426
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