| Description |
xvi, 718 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [684]-701) and index. |
| Contents |
The glory of the world in a moment : London and Cornhill 1716-1725 -- Taught harmonies : Eton 1725-1734 -- Sarag, the dead city : Cambridge 1734-1738 -- Creation's heirs : the grand tour 1739-1741 -- The liquid noon : London, Stoke, and the death of Richard West 1741-1742 -- A milder warfare : return to Cambridge 1742-1749 -- The path of glory : the Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard 1749-1752 -- Exploring the lyre : the publication and early reception of the Pindaric odes 1753-1759 -- Interlude : Bloomsbury and studies in Norse and Welsh poetry -- In harmless society : Cambridge and travels 1761-1768 -- Gilded horrors : the professorship of modern poetry, the Ode for Music, and the tour of the Lake District 1768-1769 -- Amorous delay : Charles Victor de Bonsetten 1769-1770 -- Conversing with shadows : final months and death 1770-1771 -- Where we start from. |
| Subject |
Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771.
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Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771 -- Family.
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Poets, English -- 18th century -- Biography.
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Poets, English -- 18th century -- Family relationships.
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Fathers and sons -- England -- History -- 18th century.
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Homosexuality and literature -- England -- History -- 18th century.
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| ISBN |
0300084994: $39.95 ; £25.00 |
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