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The literary career of Mark Akenside, including an edition of his non-medical prose

Robin Dix
Mark Akenside (1720-1770) is recognized as one of the most important and original poets writing in the decades after the death of Pope. This work examines various Akenside's literary achievements. It reveals the rich intellectual and poetic background to his work. It looks into the nature of his originality, and of originality in general.
Print Book, English, 2006
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, Madison (N.J.), 2006
410 p. ill. 24 cm
9780838640975, 0838640974
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