Samuel Richardson's Introduction to Pamela

by Samuel Richardson

Titles:

[1.] Richard Blackmore’s Essay upon Wit (1716), and Addison’s Freeholder No. 45 (1716).

[2.] Anon., Essay on Wit (1748), together with Characters by Flecknoe, and Joseph Warton’s Adventurer Nos. 127 and 133.

[3.] Anon., Letter to A. H. Esq.; concerning the Stage (1698), and Richard Willis’ Occasional Paper No. IX (1698).

[4.] Samuel Cobb’s Of Poetry and Discourse on Criticism (1707).

[5.] Samuel Wesley’s Epistle to a Friend Concerning Poetry (1700) and Essay on Heroic Poetry (1693).

[6.] Anon., Representation of the Impiety and Immorality of the Stage (1704) and anon., Some Thoughts Concerning the Stage (1704).

Second Year (1947-1948)

[7.] John Gay’s The Present State of Wit (1711); and a section on Wit from The English Theophrastus (1702).

[8.] Rapin’s De Carmine Pastorali, translated by Creech (1684).