Miscellanies
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Poetic miscellanies represent a particularly important and popular mediation of poetry in the eighteenth century, since they represent one of the most visible points of contact between the shaping of the literary canon, and the commercial demands of print culture. Yet they remain little used or studied because of their bewildering number and variety: at the most conservative estimate, there were a thousand published between 1700-1800, yet the contents of most of these are relatively unknown and unexamined. In this collection, you will be able to learn more about and explore some miscellanies from the time.
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| # | Title | Description | Contributor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wit and mirth; or pills to purge melancholy | Wit and mirth; or pills to purge melancholy; : being a collection of the best merry ballads and… | |
| 2 | A Collection of Poems in Six volumes by Several Hands | Edited by Robert Dodsley. Combination of 1st ed (1958) and 2nd ed (1966). | |
| 3 | The lover's pacquet: ... | The lover's pacquet: or, the marriage-miscellany: with the newest mode of courtship; containing,… | |
| 4 | A pacquet from Parnassus: or, a collection of papers | London : printed by J. How; and sold by J. Nutt | |
| 5 | The town and country jester; or, a new fund of genuine wit and good humour | "Containing the most complete, rational, merry, diverting, and humourous collection of agreeable… | |
| 6 | Elegant extracts ... | or, Useful and entertaining passages in prose, selected for the improvement of young persons: being… | |
| 7 | Miscellanies in prose and verse | 2d ed., 1713, London : Printed for John Morphew |