Each of the seven sermons in this edition has a topic, and an introductory verse quotation: from Young
, Milton
, Prior
, Blair
, Thomson
, and Pope
. MD
's repeated claims to...
Intertextuality and Influence
Ann Hatton
This novel is well supplied with quotations: Macpherson
's Ossian
on the title-page and Robert Blair
(The Grave) to open the first volume, with Shakespeare
and Milton
for the succeeding volumes. It opens...
Timeline
March 1743: Robert Blair published his didactic poem...
Writing climate item
March 1743
Robert Blair
published his didacticpoem of death-inflectedsensibility entitled The Grave.
