Rejected Addresses; Or, The New Theatrum Poetarum by James Smith and Horace Smith

"Rejected Addresses; Or, The New Theatrum Poetarum" by James Smith and Horace Smith is a collection of parodies published in 1812. The book contains twenty-one good-natured pastiches of contemporary poets and prose writers, framed as failed entries for a competition to write an opening address for London's rebuilt Drury Lane Theatre. Each piece mimics a different author's distinctive style, targeting literary figures like Byron, Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Scott. The work became an immediate popular success and inspired numerous imitations. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Smith, James, 1775-1839
Author Smith, Horace, 1779-1849
Title Rejected Addresses; Or, The New Theatrum Poetarum
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rejected_Addresses
Credits Transcribed from the 1879 John Murray edition by David Price
Reading Level Reading ease score: 67.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Parodies
Category Text
EBook-No. 3769
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Most Recently Updated Sep 13, 2014
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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