YOUNG, Edward .
The British Poets: Edward Young.
London: British Literary Society , n.d.
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The Extra-Illustrated Crown edition of The Poems of Edward Young
The extra-illustrated Crown edition of the poems of Edward Young, limited to ten numbered and registered sets. Duodecimo, two volumes, publisher’s exquisite deluxe full morocco binding with gilt titles and elaborate botanical gilt tooling to the spine in four compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and elaborate botanical gilt decorations to the front and rear panels, ivory and green floral inlays to the spine and panels, full morocco doublures elaborately decorated in gilt, silk-watered endleaves, all edges gilt, ribbons bound in, extra-illustrated with tissue-guarded hand-coloured plates. In near fine condition.
English poet and cleric Edward Young (1683–1765) was a significant figure in mid-eighteenth-century literature, particularly associated with the Graveyard School, which emphasized themes of mortality, melancholy, and religious contemplation. He is best known for The Complaint, or Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality (1742–1745), a lengthy poem in blank verse that explores human transience, spiritual anxiety, and the hope of eternal life. Young’s elevated style and introspective tone reflect both his religious vocation and his engagement with broader philosophical questions about existence and redemption. His work exerted a notable influence on later writers, anticipating elements of Romanticism through its focus on emotion, solitude, and the sublime.
The British Poets: Edward Young.
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