When Lovely Woman Stoops to Folly
Source: Norton Anthology of Poetry (W. W. Norton and Company Inc., 2005)
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Poet Oliver Goldsmith 1730–1774
POET’S REGION Ireland
SCHOOL / PERIOD Augustan
Subjects Gender & Sexuality, Relationships, Social Commentaries, Men & Women
Biography
An essayist, novelist, poet, and playwright, Goldsmith was born in Kilkenny West, County Westmeath, Ireland. He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, and studied medicine in Edinburgh but never received a medical degree. He traveled to Europe in 1756 and eventually settled in London. He worked as a writer and was friends with the artistic and literary luminaries of the time, including Samuel Johnson, James Boswell, Sir Joshua . . .
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SUBJECT Gender & Sexuality, Relationships, Social Commentaries, Men & Women
POET’S REGION Ireland
SCHOOL / PERIOD Augustan
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