Author:John Gay
Works
edit- Wine, A Poem (1708) (transcription project)
- The Present State of Wit, in a Letter to a Friend in the Country (1711)
- The Mohocks: A Tragi-Comical Farce (1712)
- Rural Sports: A Poem (1713)
- The Wife of Bath: A Comedy (1713)
- The Fan: A Poem (1713)
- The Shepherd's Week: In Six Pastorals (1714) (transcription project)
- The What D'Ye Call It: A Tragi-Comi-Pastoral Farce (1715)
- Trivia, or the Art of Walking the Streets of London (1716) (transcription project)
- Three Hours After Marriage: A Comedy (1717)
- Poems on Several Occasions (1720), in 2 vols.
- An Epistle to Her Grace Henrietta, Duchess of Marlborough (1722)
- The Captives: A Tragedy (1724)
- To a Lady on Her Passion for Old China (1725)
- Fables (1727) (external scan)
- The Beggar's Opera (1727)
- A New Song of New Similies (1727)
- Polly (1729)
- Acis and Galatea: An English Pastoral Opera (1732)
- Achilles: An Opera (1733)
- The Father and Jupiter (Fable) (c.1795-1804)
- Black-Eyed Susan
- The Distress'd Wife: A Comedy (1743)
- Rehearsal at Gotham
- Molly Mog (1726)
- Newgate's Garland: on Jonathan Wild (1725)
Letters
edit- Letter From John Gay to Jonathan Swift - 1 (June 8, 1714)
- Letter From John Gay to Jonathan Swift - 2 (August 16, 1714)
- Letter From John Gay to Jonathan Swift - 3 (December 22, 1722)
- Letter From John Gay to Jonathan Swift - 4 (February 3, 1723)
- Letter From John Gay to Jonathan Swift - 5 (September 16, 1726)
- Letter From John Gay to Jonathan Swift - 6 (October 22, 1726)
- Letter From John Gay to Jonathan Swift - 7 (November 17, 1726)
- Letter From John Gay to Jonathan Swift - 8 (February 18, 1727)
- Letter From John Gay to Jonathan Swift - 9 (February 15, 1728)
- Letter From John Gay to Jonathan Swift - 10 (March 20, 1728)
- Letter From John Gay to Jonathan Swift - 11 (May 16, 1728)
- Letter From John Gay to Jonathan Swift - 12 (July 6, 1728)
- Letter From John Gay to Jonathan Swift - 13 (December 2, 1728)
- Letter From John Gay to Jonathan Swift - 14 (March 18, 1729)
- Letter From John Gay to Jonathan Swift - 15 (November 9, 1729)
- Letter From John Gay to Jonathan Swift - 16 (March 3, 1730)
- Letter From John Gay to Jonathan Swift - 17 (March 31, 1730)
- Letter From John Gay to Jonathan Swift - 18 (July 4, 1730)
- Letter From John Gay to Jonathan Swift - 19 (March 10, 1731)
- Letter From John Gay to Jonathan Swift - 20 (April 27, 1731)
- Letter From John Gay to Jonathan Swift - 21 (January 18, 1732)
- Letter From John Gay to Jonathan Swift - 22 (March 13, 1732)
- Letter From John Gay to Jonathan Swift - 23 (May 19, 1732)
- Letter From John Gay to Jonathan Swift - 24 (November 16, 1732)
Letters Written with Others
edit- Letter From John Gay and Alexander Pope to Jonathan Swift - 1 (October 22, 1727)
- Letter From John Gay and Catherine Hyde to Jonathan Swift - 1 (November 8, 1730)
- Letter From John Gay and Catherine Hyde to Jonathan Swift - 2 (December 6, 1730)
- Letter From John Gay and Catherine Hyde to Jonathan Swift - 3 (April 11, 1731)
- Letter From John Gay and Catherine Hyde to Jonathan Swift - 4 (July 18, 1731)
- Letter From John Gay and Charles Douglas to Jonathan Swift - 1 (November 1731)
- Letter From John Gay and Alexander Pope to Jonathan Swift - 2 (December 1, 1731)
- Letter From John Gay and Catherine Hyde to Jonathan Swift - 5 (July 24, 1732)
- Letter From John Gay and Catherine Hyde to Jonathan Swift - 6 (August 28, 1732)
Works about Gay
edit- "John Gay" in The lives of the most eminent English poets: with critical observations on their works (1783), by Samuel Johnson, Volume 3, pp.106-123.
- "Gay, John," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Gay, John," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
- "Gay, John (1685-1732)," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
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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