Project Gutenberg 2006-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 140 Akenside, Mark 1721 1770 Gilfillan, George 1813 1878 The Poetical Works of Mark Akenside Reading ease score: 56.8 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Jonathon Ingram, Robert Prince and the Online Distribted Proofreading Team "The Poetical Works of Mark Akenside" by Mark Akenside is a collection of poetry written during the early to mid-18th century. The compilation includes various works, with a particular focus on his renowned poem, "The Pleasures of Imagination." The collection delves into themes of beauty, imagination, and the convergence of the arts, as it explores how human consciousness interacts with nature and art, ultimately celebrating the power of imagination in the human experience. The opening portion of the work introduces the life of Mark Akenside, detailing his humble beginnings as the son of a butcher in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, his early education, and the development of his literary talents. It highlights his ambitions, early contributions to periodicals, and the decision to pursue a career in medicine instead of the pulpit, revealing a passion for intellectual and poetic pursuits. Through this biographical lens, readers get an understanding of Akenside's character and the environment that nurtured his poetic voice, setting the stage for the philosophical and imaginative explorations that follow in his poetry. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en English poetry -- 18th century PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 645682 645562 2024-10-04T12:02:17.913935 2023-10-05T04:03:08.063878 text/html text/html 645675 645555 2024-10-04T12:02:18.325811 2023-10-05T04:03:08.378875 text/html text/html 330722 2024-10-04T12:02:44.671170 application/epub+zip 337662 2024-10-04T12:02:28.192746 application/epub+zip 312653 2024-10-04T12:02:23.529820 application/epub+zip 655656 2024-10-04T12:02:51.056211 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 591814 2024-10-04T12:02:37.490704 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 554858 2022-09-05T05:31:23.898834 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 536695 536626 2024-10-04T12:02:17.198823 2023-10-05T04:03:07.502904 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 536423 2020-12-26T23:39:21 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 211404 2020-12-26T23:39:21 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 536448 2020-12-26T23:39:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 211238 2020-12-26T23:39:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21107 2024-10-04T12:02:51.210139 application/rdf+xml 18457 2024-10-04T12:02:24.094766 image/jpeg 4522 2024-10-04T12:02:23.808778 image/jpeg 321591 2024-10-04T12:02:18.373821 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia