The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Vol.- II
By:Theophilus Cibber Published By:Double9 Books
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The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Vol.- II
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A literary work known as "The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland" become written with assist from Theophilus Cibber and launched in 1753. Volume II is a huge a part of the collection. Cibber offers short biographies and crucial evaluations on some of writers from Britain and Ireland on this book. The writer carefully looks into the lives, works, and achievements of those poets, giving readers a complete photograph of the literary scene on the time. Cibber's art work shows the intellectual and cultural scene of the 18th century. They offer a treasured archive of poets who shaped British literary customs. The author's essential mind and testimonies supply a very new view of the poets' personalities and the social and political putting in which they lived. "The Lives of the Poets" is a crucial piece of literature that captures the spirit of an active period in the history of English and Irish literature. It is Cibber's work that helps people apprehend and keep the poetic records of the time through displaying readers the lives and works of essential writers whose have an effect on remains felt within the literary international nowadays.
An English actor, writer, and author named Theophilus Cibber was born on November 25 or 26 or 1703 and died in October 1758. He was the son of actor-manager Colley Cibber. He started playing when he was young and then became a theater manager like his father. Alex Pope made fun of Theophilus Cibber in his 1727 work The Dunciad by calling him a young man who "thrusts his person full into your face" (III 132). He was famous on stage for playing Pistol in Henry IV, Part 2 and some of the comedic roles his father had played when he was younger, but some harsh critics said he put too much stress on certain parts. Theophilus got a bad name and was involved in a scandal because of his private life. He was on his way to Ireland and a season in Dublin when his ship sank. Theophilus Cibber was born during the Great Storm of 1703 and started playing at the Drury Lane Theatre when he was 16 years old, in 1721. Cibber was a notorious rake when he was younger, and he hung out with other young men of the same mind and character, like the Duke of Wharton.
