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A Short Biography of Edward Young

Author Name:

Edward Young

Born As:

Edward Young

Other Names:

Edward Young

Born:

3 Jul 1681

Died:

5 Apr 1765




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Poet and dramatist                          
Selected Works:

The Instalment - to Sir R. Walpole, 1726
Cynthio - 1727
A Vindication of Providence - 1728, a sermon
An Apology for Punch - 1729, a sermon
Imperium Pelagi, a Naval Lyrick - 1730
Two Epistles to Mr Pope concerning the Authors of the Age - 1730
A Sea-Piece - 1733
The Foreign Address, or The Best Argument for Peace - 1734
The Centaur not Fabulous; in Five Letters to a Friend - 1755
An Argument  for the Truth of His Christ's Religion - 1758, a sermon preached before the king.
Conjectures on Original Composition - 1759, addressed to Samuel Richardson
Resignation - 1762, a poem.
Night Thoughts was illustrated by William Blake in 1797, and by Thomas Stothard in 1799. 

The Poetical Works of the Rev. Edward Young were revised by himself for publication, and a completed edition appeared in 1778. 

The Complete Works, Poetry and Prose, of the Rev. Edward Young with a life by John Doran, appeared in 1854. Sir Herbert Croft wrote the life included in Johnson's Lives of the Poets, but the critical remarks are by Johnson.                          
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