John Hughes (poet)

John Hughes (poet)

John Hughes (1677-1720) was an English poet also noted for his editing of and commentary on the works of Edmund Spenser. Writing at the very end of 17th Century and at the beginning of the 18th, he also translated French drama and poetry, including Molière. Samuel Johnson included him in his Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets in 1781 but Swift and Pope thought both his verse and prose mediocre.

Notable Works

*An Essay on Allegorical Poetry. With Remarks on the Writings of Mr. Edmund Spenser. (1715)
*Remarks on the Fairy Queen. (1715)

External links

* [http://198.82.142.160/spenser/BiographyRecord.php?action=GET&bioid=33663 Dr Johnson's biography of Hughes]


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