A Full Enquiry into the Nature of the Pastoral (1717)

by Thomas Purney

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Series Two:

Essays on Poetry

No. 4

Thomas Purney, A Full Enquiry into the
True Nature of Pastoral (1717)

With an Introduction by
Earl Wasserman

The Augustan Reprint Society
January, 1948
Price: $1.00

GENERAL EDITORS

RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan
EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles
H. T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles

ASSISTANT EDITOR

W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan

ADVISORY EDITORS

EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington
BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska
LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan
CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University
JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University
ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago
SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota
ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas
JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London

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1948