The Poems of Patrick Delany

The Poems of Patrick Delany
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Publisher : University of Delaware Press
Total Pages : 224
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ISBN-10 : 0874139384
ISBN-13 : 9780874139389
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Book Synopsis The Poems of Patrick Delany by : Patrick Delany

Download or read book The Poems of Patrick Delany written by Patrick Delany and published by University of Delaware Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patrick Delany's reputation as a scholar and tutor at Trinity College, Dublin, and an influential preacher in his time, apologist for Church of Ireland causes, and foremost defender of Jonathan Swift against the criticisms and slanders of Lord Orrery is well documented. The purpose of this edition is to establish an authoritative text to show what sort of poet Delany is, why we should read his poems, and to claim for him a position of importance as an eighteenth-century Irish poet.


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