The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume I.
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Theophilus Cibber
The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753)
Vol. I
1968
The present facsimile is reproduced from a copy in the possession of the Library of the University of Gottingen. Shelfmark: H. lit. biogr. I 8464.
Although the title-page of Volume I announces four volumes, the work is continued in a fifth volume of the same date. Like Volumes II, III, and IV, it is by Mr. CIBBER, and other Hands and is Printed for R. GRIFFITHS .
GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND,
Theophilus Cibber
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VOL. I.
THE LIVES OF THE POETS.
GEOFFRY CHAUCER.
LANGLAND.
JOHN LYDGATE,
JOHN HARDING.
JOHN SKELTON
ALEXANDER BARCLAY.
THOMAS CHURCHYARD,
JOHN HEYWOOD
GEORGE FERRARS,
CHISTOPHER MARLOE
ROBERT GREEN
EDMUND SPENSER
JASPER HEYWOOD,
JOHN LILLY,
JOHN MARSTEN.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEAR.
JOSHUA SYLVESTER,
SAMUEL DANIEL
THOMAS DECKER,
THOMAS LODGE
THOMAS GOFF.
JOHN DAY.
DR. JOHN DONNE
MICHAEL DRAYTON
EDWARD FAIRFAX.
THOMAS RANDOLPH,
GEORGE CHAPMAN
BEN JOHNSON,
GERVASE MARKHAM.
THOMAS HEYWOOD
WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT,
GEORGE SANDYS,
PETER HAUSTED.
RICHARD CRASHAW.
WILLIAM ROWLEY.
THOMAS NASH.
JOHN FORD,
THOMAS MIDDLETON