Poems, plays, and The Briton
By: Tobias Smollett ; introductions and notes by Byron Gassman ; the texts edited by O M Brack, Jr. ; assisted by Leslie A. Chilton.
Contributors: Brack, O M; Chilton, Leslie A.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
Number of pages: 649
Description: "The poems, plays and political writings included in this volume are essential to an understanding of Tobias Smollett and the literary and social currents of eighteenth-century England ... Byron Gassman identifies the circumstances that prompted Smollett to undertake these writings, traces the history of their publication and reception, and provides extensive explanations of historical and literary allusions"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes index.