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[6], 31, [1], 238, 251-325, [15]pp. 8vo. With an additional titlepage, The Canons of Criticism, and Glossary; the Trial of the Letter [upsilon], alias Y, and Sonnets, which bears the author's name. Bound in full contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt ruled border, spine gilt in compartments, red morocco label. v.g. Contemporary bookplate of John Ward. ESTC T63025. In 1747, Warburton published a new edition of Shakespeare. In his preface he hinted that he had originally intended to include a set of canons for literary criticism, but now referred his readers to the occasional comments on the subject he made in the course of his annotations. In response, Edwards published a 'Supplement', in which he satirically remedied the omission by providing an intentionally absurd code of criticism, illustrated with examples from Warburton's notes. Warburton retorted by appending a note referring to Edwards in a new edition of Alexander Pope's Dunciad, referring to him as 'a gentleman, as he is pleased to call himself, of Lincoln's Inn; but, in reality, a gentleman only of the Dunciad', who 'with the wit and learning of his ancestor Tom Thimble in The Rehearsal, and with the air of good-nature and politeness of Caliban in The Tempest, hath now happily finished the Dunce's progress, in personal abuse'. Edwards replied indignantly in a preface to later editions of the Supplement. Warburton denied having attacked Edwards's breeding, but his denial was in offensive terms. Other opponents of Warburton sympathised with Edwards, and Mark Akenside addressed an ode to him upon the occasion. Samuel Johnson thought that Edwards made some good hits but compared him to a fly stinging a horse. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 87592
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