Parodies of Ballad Criticism (1711-1787) / A Comment Upon the History of Tom Thumb, 1711, by William / Wagstaffe; The Knave of Hearts, 1787, by George Canning

by William Wagstaffe; George Canning

[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).

[9.] T. Hanmer's (?) Some Remarks on the Tragedy of Hamlet (1736).

[10.] Corbyn Morris' Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit, etc. (1744).

[11.] Thomas Purney's Discourse on the Pastoral (1717).

[12.] Essays on the Stage, selected, with an Introduction by Joseph Wood Krutch.

Third Year (1948-1949)

[13.] Sir John Falstaff (pseud.), The Theatre (1720).

[14.] Edward Moore's The Gamester(1753).

15. John Oldmixon's Reflections on Dr. Swift's Letter to Harley (1712); and Arthur Mainwaring's The British Academy (1712).