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The ''Fables'' by
Christopher Smart
Christopher Smart (11 April 1722 – 20 May 1771) was an English poet. He was a major contributor to two popular magazines, ''The Midwife'' and ''The Student'', and a friend to influential cultural icons like Samuel Johnson and Henry Fie ...
were written between 1750 and 1767 and partly published in the periodicals ''The Midwife; or The Old Woman's Magazine'', ''
The Gentleman's Magazine
''The Gentleman's Magazine'' was a monthly magazine founded in London, England, by Edward Cave in January 1731. It ran uninterrupted for almost 200 years, until 1922. It was the first to use the term '' magazine'' (from the French ''magazine'' ...
'', ''The Literary Magazine'', etc. The order in this collection of the fables was made by Smart himself and Christopher Hunter, Smart's biographer and nephew, after him, as it was printed posthumously in 1791 edition.
Contents
Quotations
— ''Karina Williamson, St. Hilda's College, Oxford, and University of Edinburgh''
External links
Poems of Smart, volume II, 1791Selected Poems by Christopher Smarton "books.google.co.uk" (1) on "books.google.co.uk" (2)
Bibliography
* The Poetical Works of Christopher Smart: Volume IV: Miscellaneous Poems, English and Latin Edited by Karina Williamson Oxford University Press, USA (May 21, 1987)
{{Christopher Smart
Poetry by Christopher Smart
Fables
Works originally published in British magazines