Description: The Poetical Manuscripts of Mark Akenside in the Ralph Williams Collection Amherst College Library reproduced in facsimile. Amherst College Press 1988 Softcover. Some wear. Light foxing on flyleaves Quarto @ 20 pp and plates Facsimile examples of some of his works "Akenside, born the son of a butcher at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, gave early indications of talent, and was sent to the University of Edinburgh with the view of becoming a dissenting minister. While there, however, he changed his mind and studied for the medical profession. Thereafter he went to Leyden, where he took his degree of M.D. in 1744. While there he wrote his principal poem, The Pleasures of the Imagination, which was well received, and was subsequently translated into more than one foreign language. After trying Northampton, he settled as a physician in London; but was for long largely dependent for his livelihood on a Mr. Dyson. " Penny's Poetry Pages
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Book Title: The Poetical Manuscripts of Mark Akenside
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Topic: Books
Format: Paperback
Features: Manuscript
Author: Mark Akenside
Publication Year: 1988
Language: English
Genre: Poetry
