Author:Richard Blackmore
Richard Blackmore
Works
[edit]Epic poetry
[edit]Historical
[edit]- Prince Arthur (1695) (external scan)
- King Arthur (1697) (external scan)
- Eliza (1705) (external scan)
- Alfred (1723) (external scan)
Religious
[edit]- The Nature of Man (1711) (external scan)
- Creation (1712) (external scan)
- Redemption (1722) (external scan)
Matters of physick
[edit]- The report of the physicians and surgeons, commanded to assist at the dissecting the body of His late Majesty at Kensington, March the tenth MDCCI/II (1702). Co-authored with Thomas Millington and Edward Hannes (external scan)
- A Discourse upon the Plague (1721) (external scan)
- A Treatise upon the Small-Pox (1723)
- A Treatise of Consumptions (1724) (external scan)
- A Critical Dissertation on the Spleen (1725) (external scan)
- A Treatise of the Spleen and Vapours (1725) (external scan)
- Discourses on the Gout, a Rheumatism, and the King’s Evil (1726) (external scan)
- Dissertations on a Dropsy, a Tympany, the Jaundice, the Stone, and a Diabetes (1727) (external scan)
Other works
[edit]- A Short History of the Last Parliament (1699) (external scan)
- Paraphrase on the Book of Job (1700)
- Satire on Wit (1700)
- Advice to the Poets (1706) (full text)
- Kit-cats (1708) (external scan)
- Instructions to Vander Bank (1709) (external scan)
- Advice to a Weaver of Tapestry
- An Essay on the Nature and Constitution of Epick Poetry (1716) (full text)
- Essays upon Several Subjects (1716) (external scan)
- A Sequel to the Spectators
- A New Version of the Psalms of David (1721)
- Just Prejudices against the Arian Hypothesis (1721) (external scan)
- Modern Arians unmasked (1721) (external scan)
- A true and impartial History of the Conspiracy against King William of glorious Memory, in the Year 1695 (1723) (external scan)
- A Compleat Key to the Dunciad (1728) (external scan)
- Natural Theology (1728)
- Numerous contributions to the Spectator and the Lay Monastery
Works about Blackmore
[edit]- "Richard Blackmore" in The lives of the most eminent English poets: with critical observations on their works (1783), by Samuel Johnson, Volume 3, pp.62-92.
- "Blackmore, Sir Richard," in The Encyclopedia Americana, New York: The Encyclopedia Americana Corporation (1920)
- "Blackmore, Sir Richard," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Blackmore, Sir Richard," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
- "Blackmore, Sir Richard," in The Nuttall Encyclopædia, (ed.) by James Wood, London: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd. (1907)
- "Blackmore, Richard," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
- "Sir Richard Blackmore, M.D." in Annals of Medical History by Thomas Noxon Toomey (1922) (external scan)
- The Life of Blackmore, from The Poetical Works of Sir R. Blackmore (1797) (external scan)
Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.
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